Bihar Affairs
534 blocks to get 1 modern ambulance each: Bihar health minister
The 534 blocks of the state will now get one advance life support ambulance each for transporting serious patients from remote villages to the nearest district hospital or medical college and hospital for treatment.
State Health minister Mangal Pandey said these ambulances would be equipped with cardiac units, portable ventilators, monitors, Oxygen and other life-saving medical devices. The initiative is part of the state governments preparation to face the likely third wave ofCovidpandemic.
As health experts have expressed fears that the third wave of the pandemic might affect children the most as they have not been immunised yet, the has launched an initiative to set up paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) at all the important government hospitals.