Not patients, ambulance used to ferry fodder in Sagar
At a time when media reports abound with stories of people forced to walk with their dead or ailing relatives in absence of ambulances, one such vehicle was allegedly found being used to ferry fodder in Sagar district. An inquiry was been instituted into the matter after media highlighted the issue.
At a time when media reports abound with stories of people forced to walk with their dead or ailing relatives in absence of ambulances, one such vehicle was allegedly found being used to ferry fodder in Sagar district. An inquiry was been instituted into the matter after media highlighted the issue.
On Monday evening, locals spotted some men pack an ambulance, bearing an registration number MP 15 T 2875, with fodder behind Sagar district hospital.
These men, including the ambulance driver, allegedly took around 20-30 minutes to fill up the ambulance. The fled only after some media-persons reached the spot and started filming them.
As per the health department norms, Global Positioning System (GPS) should be installed in all Janani Expresses — an ambulance service for free referral transport for pregnant woman and sick neonates in Madhya Pradesh — so that officials can keep an eye on their movement.
The ambulance is registered in the name of a Sagar resident since May 16, 2014.
Sagar collector Vikas Narwal said, “I inquired from the civil surgeon and he told me that the ambulance is privately-owned. Usually these ambulances provide service at the district hospital. I have ordered an inquiry into the matter and strict action will be taken against those found guilty.”
The incident comes weeks after Damoh collector’s ailing mother could not be taken on time to a hospital in Jabalpur because of non-availability of a ventilator-fitted ambulance.
A month ago, a pregnant woman had walked around 6 km from a village through rough terrain in Chhatarpur district after the Janani Express, an ambulance service did not reach her village despite repeated calls.