Tamil Nadu to roll out 25 bike ambulances in remote areas
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Health Department is set to roll out 25 bike ambulances, with an allocation of Rs 1.60 crore for the project, aimed at enhancing healthcare access in remote areas.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian told IANS, “We are expecting bike ambulances to access remote terrains to help people in distress. These ambulances will be acting as feeder services to the 108 ambulance network.”
Tamil Nadu Health Department said that these bike ambulances aim to provide medical assistance in remote areas that are inaccessible to conventional four-wheel ambulances, acting as feeder services to the standard ambulance network.
The bike ambulances will operate in selected remote villages, equipped with GPS tracking for real-time fleet management and efficient response allocation.
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