The pandemic has led to many problems across the world. The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday said that it has hired over 1,350 ambulances spread across 13 districts, in order to cope with the workload of the pandemic that is spreading at a faster pace. These ambulances will be used to transport COVID-19 positive patients. The authorities have made it compulsory for District Collectors to hire a minimum of two additional ambulances per Mandal. The Collectors have been given the authority to hire as many ambulances as required, according to the area. A government release said, 'Some Mandals have hired about five to six ambulances to cater to the needs of the COVID-19 patients.'
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To ensure the smooth functioning of this system, the government has also set up a call center in every mandal. Local health workers, doctors and hospitals have been informed of the recent set-up call center to avail the services of an ambulance. The ambulances are going to play a major role in helping authorities implement the recently introduced “referral system.” According to this, the hospital referring the patient will have to arrange for an ambulance to transport the patient apart from informing the hospital it has referred the patient to.
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Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare, Kattamaneni Bhaskar, was quoted saying that they already have one ‘108’ ambulance per Mandal. However, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the state, the government is attempting to decentralize the health system further and the districts have been asked to hire at least two ambulances per Mandal, exclusively to transport COVID-19 positive patients. He added that, while the minimum number of ambulances to be hired is two, there is no upper limit.
