Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao flagged off 466 new 108 ambulances (emergency vehicles), and 228 Amma Vodi (transport facility for pregnant women) at Peoples Plaza on Tuesday, August 1.
Of these, 34 are Hearse Vehicles which are deployed to provide specialized services of transporting bodies of the deceased back to their native place, free of cost.
Before the launch, the 108 emergency fleet consisted of 426 vehicles out of which 175 vehicles are now being replaced by new ones and 29 new ambulances are being added to new routes.
Also, they were 300 non-emergency vehicles in the Amma Vodi fleet earlier, out of which 228 are now being replaced.
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Likewise, the existing 34 old Hearse Vehicles are being replaced by the same number of new vehicles.
While making the announcement of the launch recently, the state finance minister T Harish Rao said, “This will go a long way in improving emergency health care services in Telangana.”
