GUWAHATI:
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) is enhancing access to emergency medical services by adding nine advanced life saving ambulances (ADLS) to the existing logistics (ambulance) fleet of state machinery, a spokesperson of the oil company on November 2.
The ambulances will be flagged-off by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Labour and Employment, Rameswar Teli, at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh on November 3 on the occasion of its Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
“The advanced life saving ambulances, with a wide range of pre-hospital care equipment such Transport Ventilators, Defibrillator, Suction Apparatus, Nebulizer, Oxygen supply, etc., shall cater to medical emergencies covering neonatal support, trauma, maternity and accident cases,” the spokesperson said.
“In addition to this, ONGC is establishing a multi-speciality 300 bed hospital, in Sivasagar (Swargadew-Siu-Ka-Pha Hospital). It is being built at a project cost of Rs 483 crore in three phases. Since the inauguration of its first phase in March 2019, it has treated about 61,500 OPD patients. The Dialysis Centre of the Hospital has catered to 16500 patients till date,” he added.
Under the aegis of ONGC, the foundation has extended support of Rs 4.38 crore for these ambulances.
These ambulances will be managed by Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH), Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), Tezpur Medical College and Hospital (TMCH), Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital (FAAMCH), Barpeta; Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital (LMCH), Diphu Medical & Hospital (DMCH); Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Medical College and Hospital (TMCH).
Earlier in 2013, under CSR, a financial assistance of Rs 7.5 crore was extended by ONGC to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh for establishing advanced Cath Lab. This lab is catering to the patients from Upper Assam and also enabling the faculty to impart training to the PG students.
The flagging-off ceremony would be graced by ONGC director (onshore) Anurag Sharma along with ED-basin manager Assam and Assam Arakan Basin, Sushma Rawat, ED-Asset manager, Assam Asset, RK Sharma, ED-Asset manager, Jorhat Asset, SK Dwivedi and ED-Chief-CSR, ONGC, AP Singh.