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Ambulances operated by EMRI Green Health Services (GHS) nether the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, popularly known arsenic 108 ambulances, clocked an mean effect clip of 7.53 minutes successful handling emergencies related to roadworthy postulation accidents (RTA) successful Coimbatore territory successful the past fiscal year. It was a small implicit 8 minutes successful the erstwhile fiscal.
The mean effect clip of each types of emergencies, including RTAs, was 8.38 minutes crossed the territory and little than 7 minutes wrong the city.
Ganesh G., Programme Manager of EMRI GHS for Coimbatore and the Nilgiris, said the 10.1-km G.D. Naidu flyover, which was inaugurated connected October 9, 2025, eased the postulation connected the arterial Avinashi Road, improving quicker transport connected persons successful request of contiguous aesculapian attention.
He felt the wide effect clip volition amended aft the completion of the flyover astatine Saibaba Colony. The postulation congestion astatine this country was affecting swift transport of patients from places similar Periyanaickenpalayam and Kavundampalayam to the city.
According to him, 108 ambulances attended much fig of RTA emergencies from elevation regions of the territory specified arsenic Valparai, Kotagiri Road and Coonoor Road (upto Burliar) from March.
EMRI GHS operates a full of 66 ambulances successful Coimbatore – 13 precocious beingness enactment vehicles, 2 neonatal beingness enactment vehicles, 47 basal beingness enactment vehicles and 4 archetypal responders (two-wheeler ambulance).
V. Sumathi, Joint Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, presented certificates and medals to champion performing pilots of 108 ambulances successful Coimbatore territory connected the juncture of Ambulance Pilot Day.
