New Delhi: The Ministry of Transport and Highways has approved a code to make ambulances better equipped and safer for moving patients depending upon their medical requirement since no guidelines were available for hospitals for seeking required specifications from the automobile industry.
The “National Ambulance Code AIS:125” recommended by Central Motor Vehicles Rules-Technical Standing Committee (CMVR-TSC) has been approved by the ministry. Drafted in line with the best global practices in the field of ambulance design, the code has been suitably adapted….,” the ministry said in a release issued on June 07 Friday.
The basic category of “First Responder”, which also includes two-wheeled ambulances, has been specially introduced for the first time in the country to cater to the need for providing prompt medical care in congested by-lanes and high traffic areas. |
