- Chief Minister KCR flags off 204 ambulances, 228 Amma Vodi vehicles
- The State now has one ambulance for every 75,000 population, compared to one for every 1,00,000 population
IndiGlobal Bureau
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday flagged off 204 ambulances and 228 Amma Vodi and 34 hearse vehicles, bringing the number of ambulances in the State to 455. Speaking on the occasion, Health Minister T Harish Rao said that the State now has one ambulance for every 75,000 population, compared to one for every 1,00,000 population.
Amma Vodi vehicles that provide services to pregnant women, cater to 4,000 people daily. The average ambulance arrival time has been reduced from 30 minutes to just 15 minutes, the minister said.
“The government’s proactive approach includes implementing 100-bed hospitals in each constituency to enhance healthcare facilities for all residents. Efforts to make 50,000 beds available by establishing one medical college for each district, four TIMS, and Warangal Health City are on,” he said.
Salaries of 108 services employees to be increased
On the occasion, the Health Minister announced that the salaries of the ‘108’ service employees would be increased across four different slabs and the modalities will be announced soon.
Speaking on the occasion, Health Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana is setting new milestones for others to emulate in terms of health infrastructure development and establishment of one government medical college in each district of the State. He thanked the Chief Minister for immediately approving the proposals to improve the facilities in government hospitals and construction of multi-specialty hospitals in the State. He stated that the initiatives would help in improving emergency healthcare services in Telangana.
