The emergencies such as road traffic accidents, violent brawls & food poisoning increase on Holi
The 108 emergency ambulance service has kept its fleet at high alert to meet any eventuality during the festival of Holi. The service has cancelled the leaves of its staff and has made arrangements for deployment of security personnel with every ambulance.
Additional mobile teams have been pressed into service for Holi in all the districts. These teams would remain active from 6 am to 8 pm on Holi and would keep an eye on the alertness of the employees. The General Manager (GM) projects Anil Sharma took a meeting at the headquarters of the service and took stock of the preparations.
He said that a technical preparation to ensure that the ambulances don’t get stuck in traffic in Holi has been made.
In Dehradun the ambulances would be kept ready at all the major traffic intersections such as Survey Chowk, Clock Tower, Jakhan, Raipur, Ballupur, Premnagar, Race Course and Vidhan Sabha.
Sharma informed that the ambulance service receives more accident related calls during Holi. The GM said that in view of the expected increase in the number of calls additional technical staff would be deployed in the central call centre of the service during Holi.
During Holi the emergencies like road traffic accidents, violent brawls, and food poisoning on account of intoxication are received by the ambulance service. The experience suggests that maximum numbers of emergencies are received from Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital district on the day. The service received 114 calls related to traffic accidents on the day of Holi last year.
Sunday, 28 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
