Published on August 6, 2022 Ahmedabad: The data of EMRI 108 emergency services has revealed that one child, mostly a girl, has been abandoned in the state every month since January. While in some cases, even fetuses are found, in others children are dumped on the roadside side or public places from where they are … Continue reading One child abandoned every month since January, says EMRI data
Gujarat: Second wave abates, EMRI calls plunge to 2,000 from 64,000 peak
Published on June 29, 2021 AHMEDABAD: For EMRI 108 services in Gujarat, the April-May surge of Covid-19 made a record of sorts when the daily emergencies for Covid alone skyrocketed to 64,000. At its peak, the ambulances gave about 24-36 hours waiting. A month later, the total daily cases have reached 2,134, with Covid-19 cases … Continue reading Gujarat: Second wave abates, EMRI calls plunge to 2,000 from 64,000 peak
These moms kept ambulances going
Published on May 9, 2021 Mother's Day Ahmedabad: Jaya Rathod, an emergency medical technician (EMT) with the EMRI 108 ambulance service, was on maternity leave when Covid broke last year. “I had delivered twins – Viha (girl) and Vihaan (boy) — in November 2019, and they were four months old. When we got to know … Continue reading These moms kept ambulances going
Gujarat: Ambulance calls go from 64,000 to 14,000 in a week
Published on May 04, 2021 AHMEDABAD: What has the rule by the state government – prompted after the directive by the judiciary – done for EMRI 108 ambulance services? The permission to admit Covid-19 patients in any vehicles, coupled with downward trend of daily cases in a few districts, has resulted in four and a … Continue reading Gujarat: Ambulance calls go from 64,000 to 14,000 in a week
Gujarat: ‘Buried my aunt, she’s still not moved up Covid hospital wait list’
Published on April 28, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Naseem Belim, a resident of Santalpur in Patan, reels under the shock of losing her maternal aunt Alima, 80, to Covid pandemic. “I took her in an auto and travelled for nearly 100 km in and around our village, but not a single hospital – private or government-run – … Continue reading Gujarat: ‘Buried my aunt, she’s still not moved up Covid hospital wait list’
Gujarat: Scarce oxygen, 108 delays leave citizens on brink
Published on April 27, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Vinod Parmar, a resident of Sola, called the EMRI 108 emergency service on Friday morning. “It was a non-Covid call as my grandmother had started developing age-related complications. We followed-up three or four times, and then gave up,” he recounts. “She was taken to a nearby hospital but could … Continue reading Gujarat: Scarce oxygen, 108 delays leave citizens on brink
Ahmedabad Covid deluge: EMRI 108 fields 25K calls a day, @17 a minute
Published on April 22, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Animesh Patel (name changed), a driver of EMRI 108 ambulance, was seventh in the queue of 30-odd ambulances outside the 1,200-bed Covid hospital at 2 pm on Wednesday. “We started from residence in Ranip at 10 am and arrived at the hospital by 10.30 am. The patient is administered … Continue reading Ahmedabad Covid deluge: EMRI 108 fields 25K calls a day, @17 a minute
Ahmedabad: ‘Drove 9km in five minutes to save four lives’
Published on April 17, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Dr Rohit Joshi, a director of Aarna Hospital, was recently in a race against time to save patients on oxygen. “I got a call from my Paldi hospital that the oxygen would last just for five minutes – the alarm had already got buzzed. I had no other option. … Continue reading Ahmedabad: ‘Drove 9km in five minutes to save four lives’
34% of EMRI calls in April for suspected Covid
Published on April 12, 2021 Ahmedabad: A visit to the call centre of EMRI at Kathwada looks like a frantic operation – the calls never cease to ring as the executives of EMRI 108 and 104 (fever helpline) get questions from across Gujarat about Covid-19 and dispatch ambulances to take them to hospitals. EMRI officials … Continue reading 34% of EMRI calls in April for suspected Covid
Guj roads safer in lockdown, saw avg 4,760 less accidents!
Published on April 14, 2020 Ahmedabad: Covid-19 has claimed 26 lives so far and has over 500 infected cases as on Monday evening in Gujarat. But amid the coronage, you might want to see a silver lining — EMRI 108 data shows that there has been reduction of an average of 238 cases of road … Continue reading Guj roads safer in lockdown, saw avg 4,760 less accidents!
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