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As a precautionary measurement to negociate aesculapian emergencies and forestall fatalities, the ‘108’ ambulance work has deployed a specialised task unit for the upcoming jallikattu successful the district.
On January 15, 12 ambulances and 2 motorcycle ambulances—fully equipped with indispensable medicines and life-saving equipment—will beryllium stationed adjacent the Avaniyapuram vaadivasal.
Under the exigency protocol, injured participants would beryllium instantly moved to a ‘108’ ambulance for stabilised archetypal assistance earlier being admitted to a adjacent Government Special First Aid Centre.
For cases requiring precocious aesculapian intervention, dedicated ambulances would beryllium stationed astatine the archetypal assistance centre to facilitate accelerated transit to the Government Rajaji Hospital.
Recognising the challenges of the terrain, 2 motorcycle ambulances would beryllium connected standby to navigate constrictive lanes and dense crowds to scope the injured instantly.
A squad of 40 personnel, comprising drivers, exigency aesculapian technicians, and supervisors, has been assigned to this peculiar duty.
With an expected turnout of implicit 30,000 spectators, organisers person addressed imaginable connection failures.
To bypass mobile web congestion caused by the dense crowd, each ‘108’ units person been equipped with wireless devices to guarantee a seamless coordination.
Additionally, consciousness banners person been placed astir the vaadivasal to usher the nationalist to aesculapian points.
Similar arrangements, including 12 ambulances and 2 motorcycle ambulances each, would beryllium successful spot for the jallikattu astatine Palamedu connected January 16 and Alanganallur connected January 17.
According to authoritative data, the ‘108’ ambulance work played a captious relation successful the 2025 season, providing archetypal assistance and exigency transport to 52 tamers successful Avaniyapuram, 81 successful Palamedu, and 96 tamers and spectators successful Alanganallur.
