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	India: PMO Favours Common SOS Helpline Number in 75 Cities
	NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office has asked the home ministry to extend the proposed common emergency number service to over 75 towns and cities in the country. The proposed helpline number, which will enable emergency service providers to pinpoint the location of the caller and provide quick assistance, will be common for the police, ambulance and fire services. It was initially planned for the national capital after a gangrape incident last December. "All states are being communicated details of the proposed project," an official, who did not wish to be named, said, adding that the technology is expensive and
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	India: Soon, a Single Emergency Number
	New Delhi: New single emergency response system will have location-based services so that geographical location of caller up to an accuracy of 50-100 metres is traced. India is set to have a single response number for emergencies such as fire, ambulance and police calls, on the lines of the ‘911’ emergency number in the US and ‘112’ across most European Union countries. The new system would replace the current multiple emergency and communication response systems. The emergency response centre would have a number of operators in a call centre, with separate enclosures or rooms for police response, medical response, fi
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	India: Better Medical Facilities for Amarnath Yatris This Year for Emergency Handling
	The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board and the state government are working on a series of measures to reduce chances of any casualty of intending pilgrims this year.A 3-tier health care system will be in place, which includes emergency aid, medical help and the base hospital. The ambulance service has also been upgraded for quick action in case of emergencies. A high-level team of experts of the emergency services department in New Delhi visited Kashmir last week to take stock of the preparations of the 58-day long yatra scheduled to start from June 28. Around 50 doctors and paramedics underwent high-altitude training recently.Around 100 pilgrims l
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	India: CAG Hauls up Tamil Nadu for Poor Disaster Management Systems
	Chennai: If there is a natural calamity, say another tsunami, the state is just not equipped to handle it. A report of the Comptroller and Audit General of India, the premier auditing agency, which was tabled in the legislative assembly on May 15 Wednesday, said as much. "The emergency operation centres (EOCs) are not in a state of readiness. These EOCs, which are the nerve centres of early warning system, were non-functional and not in a state of operational readiness," said the CAG report. This was evident in the coastal districts of Cuddalore, Kanyakumari, Nagappatinam, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli, which were selected for the asses
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	India: BEST (Bus service in Mumbai) Drivers Get CPR Training
	Mumbai: Around 150 drivers and conductors from the BEST service were trained on recognizing signs of hypertension and ways to beat it. The workshop was organised by the Fortis Hospital in Mulund on the occasion of World Hypertension Day. The participants of the workshop underwent physiotherapy sessions to battle stress. They were also given hands on training in cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to help a patient who suffers cardiac arrest in the middle of the road. Dr Manjeet Singh, consultant occupational health physician at Fortis Hospital said, "Every 5th person in the city is affli
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India: PMO Favours Common SOS Helpline Number in 75 Cities

India: Soon, a Single Emergency Number

India: Better Medical Facilities for Amarnath Yatris This Year for Emergency Handling

India: CAG Hauls up Tamil Nadu for Poor Disaster Management Systems

India: BEST (Bus service in Mumbai) Drivers Get CPR Training

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