Haryana CM flags off 10 ambulances for Panchkula, Ambala

Chandigarh, May 12

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday flagged off 10 ‘minibuses-turned-ambulances’ from Chandigarh.

These ambulances will bring serious Covid patients to hospitals in Panchkula and Ambala. Total 110 such ambulances have been prepared to cover the state.

Before flagging off these ambulances, Khattar interacted with their drivers and motivated them to work to deliver their best in this sensitive time of Covid. The CM explained to them that transporting serious patients to hospitals through ambulances during Covid was not only a job but a service to the mankind.

The passenger seats of 110 mini buses of the Haryana Roadways have been replaced with beds to take serious Covid patients to hospitals immediately. Each district will be given five minibuses-turned-ambulances. Each ambulance has four beds, two oxygen cylinders, masks, sanitizers, PPE kits and first-aid kits, etc. In addition, every district there will have one large AC bus, which can be utilised as an isolation centre. — TNS

Five buses handed over to Health Dept

Kurukshetra: Five minibuses-turned-ambulances were handed over to the Health Department on Wednesday. The buses will be used to ferry Covid patients from villages to health centres. Thanesar MLA Subhash Sudha said: "Covid cases have been increasing in rural areas. The state has been making efforts to being the situation under control.”