TRANSFORMING INDIA

Innovation for Viksit Bharat

Initiative Details

Project Name New Generation 108 ems APP.
Department/State/District Department of Health and family welfare
Sector Health
Year 2020
Project Details

Summary

NEW GENERATION 108 EMS APP. 108 Emergency Medical Service (EMS) was launched in August, 2007 in Gujarat and since then it has served more than one crore beneficiaries and saved lives of more than10 Lakh Beneficiaries incritical situation. Earlier Emergency call received on 108 Emergency Response Centre (ERC) was assigned to ambulances by doing on call communication with field team, which was time taking. To assign an ambulance to a patient in distress, the emergency response officer had to call multiple ambulances to check their status. The ambulance crew had to call back the emergency response Centre after every case for closure as details were recorded in hard copy, called Patient Care Record (PCR)... Read More