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Parivaar has developed very strong grassroot presence, winning trust of communities and creating a large and committed team in these areas, through its work in Seva Kutirs. We have seen that these communities suffer from various problems, and have therefore started some new initiatives to address these issues. These are:
Starting from 12th June 2021, we have launched 93 24*7 Ambulance services across 23 districts in Madhya Pradesh. These are serving tribal pockets of these districts, which are highly underserved areas. The government is highly appreciative of this valuable service which is lacking in these areas. There are only a few government ambulances covering a tehsil/block, which spans more than 1000 sq.km. Because of this, people face huge difficulties in accessing hospitals when they get sick and need treatment.
The number of ambulances that we have decided to run in various districts depends on present govt. ambulance services in these areas, accessibility problems and our field and manpower strength across the villages.
The ambulances are used in two ways:
(i) On-call service: whenever we receive information from the patients’ families or from a hospital, for any urgent need, such as cases of accident, deliveries or serious illness, then the ambulance takes the patient to the hospital. The ambulance reaches their place which is interior villages and then takes them to the hospital. The hospitals are government hospitals at the Block level or District Headquarters, or even the nearest big city if the case requires that.
(ii) Cases referred to by our Mobile Clinic: We run mobile clinics also, where we take doctors to the interior villages for health checkup and treatment. They refer patients with chronic illnesses and other serious patients to the District Hospital or the nearest big city hospital. The ambulance takes all these patients to the referred hospital.
On a daily basis, on an average, one ambulance runs in the range of 100-150 kms, depending on the need and serves 2-3 patients. It takes about Rs 700 to serve one patient through this service.
District wise ambulances, which are already in operation, are given below:
| S.No | District | No. of Ambulances |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alirajpur | 9 |
| 2 | Dhar | 9 |
| 3 | Barwani | 8 |
| 4 | Jhabua | 8 |
| 5 | Betul | 6 |
| 6 | Sheopur | 7 |
| 7 | Dindori | 6 |
| 8 | Mandla | 5 |
| 9 | Chhindwara | 4 |
| 10 | Ratlam | 4 |
| 11 | Seoni | 3 |
| 12 | Khargone | 3 |
| 13 | Shivpuri | 3 |
| 14 | Shahdol | 3 |
| 15 | Balaghat | 3 |
| 16 | Anuppur | 2 |
| 17 | Harda | 2 |
| 18 | Khandwa | 2 |
| 19 | Sidhi | 2 |
| 20 | Dewas | 1 |
| 21 | Umaria | 1 |
| 22 | Narmadapuram | 1 |
| 23 | Vidisha | 1 |
| Total | 93 |
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