108 ambulances to go Hi-Tech
Bengaluru, November 17: By this new year, the existing 108 ambulances would have a facelift with hi-tech touch. Preparations are in full swing to provide technology-enabled ambulance service by coming new year. A tender is given to a private company to prepare a policy for this purpose.
Life saving 108 ambulance new scheme is being equipped with modern technology keeping in mind the next five years’ demands. Each vehicle will have electronic health recorder and people can get the entire details of the ambulance within minutes.
Video wall
In this technology-enabled system, Route of the ambulance, Hospital in which the patient is being admitted, Emergency treatment at the ambulance, Behavior of the staff with the patients, Vehicle maintenance and other issues can be available. Apart from this, the time taken by the ambulance to reach the accident spot, Staff attendance time, Travel time and the route map of the vehicle can be observed sitting at the office, for which a video wall will be installed to every ambulance.
Guidelines preparation
In order to avoid the previous problems, the Health Department has prepared to provide technology-based system. A private company called I-Deck Limited was entrusted the responsibility of guidelines for calling a tender. Later, it would be adopted after thorough verification, department sources said.
All facilities for emergency treatment
Each ambulance will be installed GPS, Online monitoring system, Biometric for driver and staff attendance, Tab facility to know the service being given to the patient, Electronic creator, Mobile App to lodge complaints, Supervision in the ambulance and Service Level Agreement (SLA) system.
Use of the scheme
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Misuse of ambulance could be avoided
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To avoid swindling of money from the patients
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To avoid giving false information
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To avoid admitting the patients to private hospitals for commission
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Three children among 7 of family killed in massive fire at multi-storey building in Delhi's Palam
New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI): Seven members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Two people jumped from the building in a bid to escape the flames and were admitted to a hospital, they said.
A massive firefighting and rescue operation was launched with 30 fire tenders after the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received a call regarding the blaze around 7 am from a house located in a building near Palam Metro Station.
"Information was received about a fire in a residential unit, and we feared some people might be trapped inside. Rescue operations were launched immediately," a DFS officer said.
The second and third floors of the five-storey building were residential units.
Visuals from the scene showed thick plumes of black smoke billowing out of the building and rising into the sky, as flames engulfed portions of the structure.
Seven people, including three children, were taken out of the building by DFS personnel and rushed to a nearby hospital, where they were declared dead, officials said.
Two others had jumped out of the building due to the flames. They are currently under treatment at a hospital, they said.
According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the building had a basement and five floors, with a temporary tin shed on the roof. The basement, ground and first floors were being used for storage of clothes and cosmetics, while the second and third floors were residential units.
Firefighters carried out intensive search and rescue operations in the smoke-filled building after navigating through the congested locality. Cooling operations were underway at the time of filing this report, while teams continued to search the premises to ensure no one remained trapped, officials said.
In videos circulating online, people could be seen gathering in the narrow lanes near the building as firefighters battled the blaze using hoses and ladders.
Police and other emergency services have cordoned off the area to facilitate the firefighting operation. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Further details are awaited.
