New Delhi:
One second is precious at the time of road accident. If the injured person gets treatment on time, then his life can be saved. But the ambulance in Delhi used to reach the spot in the first 13 minutes, now it is reaching 17 minutes. Which is a concern. Actually, someone is injured on the streets of Delhi or someone needs emergency health services. So with him
Centralized accident and trauma services (CATS), Which is the government ambulance of the Delhi government, it is reaching in about 17 minutes. If you had called this ambulance in 2014 i.e. ten years ago, he would have reached in just 13 minutes. That is, in the last ten years, the response of ambulances has increased from 13 minutes to 17 minutes.
Surprisingly, the number of CATS ambulances of Delhi government where it was just 155 in 2014. It has now increased to 261. But despite that the response time has decreased. BJP MLA Arvind Singh Lovely in Delhi himself said that the government should investigate how the response of CATS ambulance increased instead of decreasing.
- Delhi has a population of 1 crore, 40 lakhs.
- But ventilator is only one thousand in the capital.
- There are 646 ventilaters in the central government hospitals.
- The Delhi government has set up only 290 ventilaters from 2014 to 2019.
- When the ventilator was fierce in Kovid, 400 ventilaters gathered in 208 and 2021 were purchased in 2020.
Recruitment of doctors and nursing staff in Delhi
On the other hand, the vacancy of doctors and nursing staff in Delhi hospitals is affecting health services. Currently, about 1036 doctors and nurses are working in 5557 in Delhi hospitals. While 542 doctors are employed in dispensaries. After the BJP government, recruitment has started in health services. The process of filling the vacant posts of 492 doctors in Delhi is started. The process of filling 1055 paramedical staff will start soon. The process of appointing 1507 nursing staff will be done soon.