The aviation adviser to the Government of Uttarakhand, Captain Deep Srivastava has said that the State Government is considering issuing a toll free or WhatsApp number to connect the common man with the air ambulance service.
On Tuesday, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had inaugurated the service at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh.
Speaking at an event in AIIMS Rishikesh on Wednesday, Captain Srivastava disclosed that the government is working on a plan to connect serious patients of poor background living in the inaccessible areas with air ambulance service. “It is the effort of the Government that the financial burden of the air ambulance facility should not fall on the poor person.
For this, the State Government is also considering linking it to health schemes,’’ he said.
Srivastava further informed that at present 12 companies are providing Heli service in Uttarakhand and talks are on with these companies for emergency heli ambulance service. The director AIIMS Rishikesh Ravi Kant said that AIIMS is committed to provide world class health services to the people of Uttarakhand.
