Air Ambulance Facility From AIIMS Rishikesh Soon: Aviation Minister J Scindia
NDTV
Last month, the Ministry of Civil Aviation had proposed the usage of helicopters to ensure delivery of medical care in time to accident victims.
The air ambulance facility is soon going to be operational from All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday.
"Air ambulances are soon going to be operational. Request for Proposal will be invited in the next couple of weeks for AIIMS Rishikesh so that helicopters are pushed into service to save precious time and lives," Mr Scindia said at the 49th national convention of the All India Management Association (AIMA) here.
"We are working with the Road and Transport Ministry and the Health Ministry to look at Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). The 'golden hour' we have for road accident victims, we can evacuate them from highways directly to hospital and the first centre we are looking at is AIIMS Rishikesh," he added.
Last month, the Ministry of Civil Aviation had proposed the usage of helicopters to ensure delivery of medical care in time to accident victims.
