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Emergencies handled by the 108 ambulances successful Coimbatore region, comprising 12 districts, saw 56.36 % summation on Deepavali day, chiefly owed to a important emergence successful roadworthy postulation accidents.
As per information from EMRI Green Health Services (GHS), which operates 108 ambulances successful the State nether the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, its fleet of ambulances handled a full of 2,336 emergencies connected Deepavali time arsenic against an mean of 1,494 emergencies connected mean days.
Among the full fig of emergencies connected Deepavali day, 831 were related to roadworthy postulation accidents whereas the mean fig of specified cases handled connected mean days was 225. Other types of emergencies that saw important emergence connected Deepavali day, erstwhile compared with mean days, were: battle 221 (69), fire/burns 71 (23), unconscious cases 179 (48) and non-vehicular trauma 216 (116).
A full of 424 ambulances, including archetypal responders, are being operated successful Coimbatore portion comprising Coimbatore, the Nilgiris, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Karur and Tiruchi districts nether the supervision of S. Jayakumar, Regional Manager, EMRI GHS.
50.64 % leap successful Coimbatore district
All the emergencies handled successful Coimbatore territory connected Deepavali time stood astatine 348, registering a 50.64 % leap from an mean of 231 emergencies connected mean days. Road postulation mishap related emergencies handled successful the territory connected Deepavali time were 126 arsenic against 42 connected mean days.
Coimbatore tops successful battle cases
Ganesh G., Programme Manager of EMRI GHS for Coimbatore and the Nilgiris, said the 33 emergencies related to battle cases handled by 108 ambulances successful Coimbatore territory was the highest successful the State connected Deepavali day. The mean fig of battle cases handled successful the territory connected a mean time is three.
There were 9 cases of fire/burns related emergencies handled by 108 ambulances connected Deepavali day, including that of a three-year-old kid from Sulur, who suffered burns connected thorax caused by fireworks.
Statewide, 108 ambulances handled 7,463 emergencies connected Deepavali time arsenic against an mean of 5,051 connected mean days.
