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The 108 ambulance work has recorded a important betterment successful exigency effect times crossed Tamil Nadu.
In Chennai, the mean effect clip declined from 7:45 minutes successful 2023-2024 to 6:14 minutes successful 2026-2027 (till April). Across the State, the mean effect clip besides improved, falling from 13:24 minutes to 11:22 minutes during the aforesaid period.
EMRI Green Health Services, which operates the ambulance web done the Tamil Nadu Health System Project and Government of Tamil Nadu, runs a full of 1,353 ambulances crossed the State. There are 66 archetypal responder bikes, a property merchandise issued by its State Head of Operations M. Selvakumar, said.
The web has achieved a simplification successful effect clip done a fig of initiatives. This includes GPS fitment successful each ambulances, based connected the mishap grid and clump investigation and technological deployment of ambulances. The effect clip successful attending to emergencies by 108 ambulance associates person been reduced drastically, the merchandise said.
At present, the mean scope and effect clip for the ambulance services stood astatine 6:14 minutes for Chennai. It was 10:07 minutes for municipality areas (11:47 minutes successful 2023-2024) and 12:18 minutes successful agrarian areas (14.15 minutes successful 2023-2024). In tribal areas, the ambulance work clocked a effect clip of 14:23 minutes.
For roadworthy postulation accidents, the ambulances clocked an mean effect clip of 9:48 minutes, a diminution from 11:42 minutes successful 2023-2024). Overall, the mean effect clip for the State was 11:22 minutes.
Since its motorboat successful 2008 to May 2026, the ambulance has reached retired to 2,05,44,631 persons successful emergencies. This included 47,73,823 pregnancy-related cases and 37,97,993 roadworthy postulation mishap cases, the merchandise said.
The ambulance work tin beryllium availed by calling the tollfree fig ‘108’.
