The Health and Family Welfare Department of the State will roll out 262 new ambulances with trendy medical services below ‘108’ ambulance service below the ‘Arogya Kavacha’ scheme on Thursday. With this, the variety of 108 ambulances below the scheme has elevated to 715.

Speaking to reporters right here on Wednesday, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao mentioned there have been many obvious deficiencies within the operation of ambulances within the State and a staff of senior officers and a technical committee had been shaped to review the functioning of ambulances in different States.

The staff has visited Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Punjab to review the companies offered by ambulances and its impression on supply of emergency companies.

A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2020) too flagged many loopholes within the present system of functioning of ambulances below the Arogya Kavacha scheme and mentioned that absence of coverage on positioning/location of ambulances below its ‘108’ service below the scheme and stationing of ambulances inside the hospital premises and never inside the neighborhood of black spots (accident areas) impacted the supply of emergency medical service (EMS).

The authorities entered right into a pact with GVK-EMRI Group to supply ‘108’ ambulance service within the State.

Mr. Rao mentioned the federal government has been offering all assist to the GVK-EMRI Group however companies haven’t been up to speed. Based on the reviews given by officers and the technical staff, he mentioned a brand new coverage can be formulated and a call can be taken on renewal or non-renewal of companies of GVK-EMRI Group. The coverage has not been renewed since 2008, he mentioned.

He mentioned 46 new dialysis centres have been established in taluks and these are single-use machines. Now, the whole variety of dialysis centres has elevated to 219.

Under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (ABAK) scheme, the Minister mentioned medical charges of therapy for illnesses in personal hospitals can be elevated after discussions with the Chief Minister. Currently, many personal hospitals deny sufferers citing much less medical expenses mounted by the federal government. The authorities has been spending near ₹1,250 crore for offering therapy to households belonging to the BPL class in personal hospitals. Currently, 3,483 hospitals of each personal and authorities have been empanelled below the scheme.

Dept. to hunt police support to crackdown on unlawful abortions

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday mentioned the Health Department would work in coordination with the police to crackdown on unlawful abortions in personal hospitals/clinics within the State.

Mr. Rao mentioned the Health Commissioner has been requested to hunt reviews from the District Health Officers of Mandya and Mysuru and take appropriate motion associated to unlawful abortions in each districts.

A number of days in the past, the Bengaluru police arrested a physician and his lab technician who allegedly carried out round 900 unlawful abortions within the final three years. Chandan Ballal and lab technician Nisar allegedly charged round ₹30,000 for every abortion which they carried out at a hospital in Mysuru. They had been taken into custody final week.

The Minister mentioned consciousness must be created on the punishment given for unlawful abortions below the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act.