Delhi govt to discontinue bike ambulance service
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ew Delhi: Delhi govt has decided to discontinue the bike ambulance service launched by AAP govt in Feb 2019 after finding it unsuitable in the city's extreme weather conditions.
The bike ambulance service was started in 2019 by the previous AAP govt. It was aimed at providing first aid for emergencies at home.
The then govt launched 16 first-responder bikes, which operated in east, north-east Delhi, and Shahdara as part of a pilot project. The scheme was halted because of the Covid lockdown in 2020, but there were plans to give it a fresh push last year.
Senior officials, however, said that they have now handed over the bikes to the general administration department of Delhi govt, and there have been suggestions if they can be used by the fire department.
"Delhi mostly has extreme weather conditions. Also, there is a tendency among patients to call emergency services like ambulances mostly when they are critical. For critical patients, it is difficult to sit on a bike," an official said.
The official mentioned that govt would instead focus more on expanding vans as ambulance services. Officials said govt plans to enhance its emergency medical response capabilities by incorporating 103 additional ambulances into the Centralised Accident and Trauma Service (CATS).
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The expansion, which aims to bolster urgent healthcare services across Delhi, includes the procurement of 50 geriatric-friendly advanced life support (ALS) ambulances that will be operated by an outsourced agency, officials said. Private ambulance operators have been invited to submit applications for 53 basic life support (BLS) vehicles, including drivers and qualified paramedical staff.
While starting the bike ambulance service, the then AAP govt had said that two-wheelers can reach places where four-wheelers cannot.
In many cases requiring medical attention, a few minutes can mean a difference between life and death. "These bike ambulances are handy as they can reach the site quickly in congested areas, provide first aid, and stabilise a patient's condition before an ambulance arrives. They also inform the control room about the case, if required," it said.
Officials, however, said that the bike ambulances are more useful in areas with rough terrain where cars cannot reach at all, but in Delhi, that is not the case. These bike ambulances were equipped with kits, weighing 30kg, that contained air splints to immobilise joints, ambu bags for assisted breathing, a glucometer and a pulse oximeter to check a person's blood glucose and oxygen saturation. They also had a manual suction machine to clear airways and foldable transfer sheets to move patients in a narrow stairwell or from a narrow lane to the ambulance.
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