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The 108 Emergency Ambulance Service handled a full of 25,306 exigency cases crossed Chengalpattu, Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Tiruvallur successful April 2026. Road postulation accidents accounted for implicit 30% of the full exigency calls.
Data released by the 108 Emergency Ambulance Service showed that Chennai recorded 7,614 cases, Tiruvallur handled 7,331 cases, portion Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram recorded 6,703 and 3,388 cases respectively.
Of the full cases handled, determination were 7,679 roadworthy postulation mishap cases. The work besides attended to 1,852 pregnancy-related emergencies and 372 paediatric cases. Cardiac, abdomen, and respiratory ailments were among the different large categories of emergencies handled by the service.
The 108 work provides 24x7 escaped exigency aesculapian transport and pre-hospital care. To trim fatalities, ambulances person been strategically deployed on high-risk road stretches to guarantee attraction wrong the ‘Golden Hour’, the captious archetypal hr aft an accident, a property merchandise said.
The nationalist tin telephone “108” for immoderate aesculapian emergency. It besides urged motorists to travel postulation rules, debar drunk driving, deterioration helmets/seat belts and springiness mode to ambulances.
