The CM said that out of these 50 new ambulances, 40 ambulances have BLS (basic life support) and 10 have ALS (advanced life support).
Kullu: National BJP president JP Nadda and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, under National Ambulance Service-108, flagged off 50 ambulances on Friday from Bhuntar in Kullu district.
Himachal CM said that his government is committed to provide better health infrastructure in the state. He said that in order to provide transportation facilities to the patients in difficult geographical conditions and far-flung areas of the hill state, National Ambulance Service was launched in December 2010.
Thakur said that these additional 50-ambulance fleet to the State through the National Health Mission (NHM) would go a long way in providing better transportation facilities to patients in case of medical emergency.
The CM said that out of these 50 new ambulances, 40 ambulances have BLS (basic life support) and 10 have ALS (advanced life support). He said that with these 50 ambulances (National Ambulance Service 108), the fleet of ambulances has gone upto 219.
He added that out of these 50 new ambulances, nine would be provided to Kangra district, 10 each to Mandi and Shimla district, five to Sirmaur district , four to Solan district, two each to Una and Kinnaur district, three each to Bilaspur and Kullu district and one ambulance each to Hamirpur and Lahaul-Spiti districts.
National BJP president JP Nadda said that Kullu district was a Dev Bhoomi, where almost every village in the district has its own deity. He said that the enthusiasm of the people of Kullu indicates that the BJP would once again form the Government in the State under the leadership of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. He said that BJP was the only political party that does what it promises.
He said that present Central Government was committed to make India a ‘Vishav Guru’. He said that it took years to develop vaccinations of measles, Japanese encephalitis virus, Polio etc. but under the leadership of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, corona vaccine was prepared within nine months after the first case of Covid-19 was reported in the country. He said that over 190 crore vaccine doses were provided free of cost to the people of the country. He said that biggest vaccination campaign of the world was successfully launched in the country. He also appreciated the efforts of the Himachal Pradesh government in becoming first State in the country in administering first and second doses of the vaccine.
