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	India: Ambulance Rate Fixed for 34 Regions Across Maharashtra
	Mumbai: People across Maharashtra can now hire an ambulance, state-run or private, at a fixed tariff, thanks to the persistent efforts of an activist from Thane. The transport commissioner’s office recently released a rate card that will be applicable in 34 out of the state’s 48 regions. Mumbaikars, however, will have to wait longer for this as the city is among the remaining 14 regions where a standard rate hasn’t been fixed yet. Besides Mumbai, the others that come under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) region are Thane, Panvel, Kalyan, Navi Mumbai and Vasai, all of which are awaiting a fixed ra
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	India: Kochi Action for Road Safety and Medical Aid to the Rescue of Accident Victims in Kochi
	Kochi: Citizens can now heave a sigh of relief since a new initiative is being launched to rush accident victims to hospitals in Kochi. District administration and motor vehicles department (MVD) will join hands to form Kochi Action for Road Safety and Medical Aid (KARMA), a charitable society, for this purpose. Auto drivers have been roped in as volunteers and those injured in accidents will receive immediate treatment at hospitals even if they don't have money. The district collector will convene a meeting of all stakeholders on December 13 Friday to discuss the launch date and representatives of MVD, police, health dep
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	India: Docs Use WhatsApp to Save Heart Patients in Golden Hour
	Mumbai: Doctors at KEM Hospital have turned to the most ubiquitous personal technology - the smartphone - to speed up diagnosis of patients with suspected heart complications. They have started using the popular smartphone messenger 'WhatsApp' to send pictures of patients' electrocardiograms (ECG) to each other for a quick review, saving time spent on reaching the emergency ward and checking the actual report. The approach enables them to begin the treatment of a person who has suffered a heart attack within the crucial golden hour, the period when emergency care is most likely to be successful. Delay in proper diagnosis and tre
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	India: Ambulance Service Under National Rural Health Mission: Review
	New Delhi: The Government provides financial support to States/UTs under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for strengthening their health systems including for emergency medical transport of patients based on the requirement posed by the State/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare undertakes evaluations of Emergency response systems (ERS) in the states, through National Health Systems Resource Centre such as: EMRI Model in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh in 2009, MMU-104 services in 2011, ERS services in three districts of Andhra Pradesh in 2011, Haryana Swas
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	India: Helipad Likely at GMC for Cops in Naxal Encounters
	Nagpur: The Maharashtra government had sent a proposal to Nagpur collector for setting up a helipad at Government Medical College (GMC) here for treating police and armed forces personnel who get injured in encounters with Naxalites in Gadchiroli. Medical education minister Dr Vijaykumar Gavit confirmed this development on Wednesday December 18 while replying to a query by Vijay Wadettiwar, Amin Patel and others. The MLAs had asked on whether the government had mooted any proposal to construct the helipad for injured jawans and was it pending since last three years. They also inquired about wh
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India: Ambulance Rate Fixed for 34 Regions Across Maharashtra

India: Kochi Action for Road Safety and Medical Aid to the Rescue of Accident Victims in Kochi

India: Docs Use WhatsApp to Save Heart Patients in Golden Hour

India: Ambulance Service Under National Rural Health Mission: Review

India: Helipad Likely at GMC for Cops in Naxal Encounters

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