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Chandigarh, May 12 – Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today flagged off 10 ‘mini bus-ambulances’ from Chandigarh. These ‘mini bus-ambulances’ will work to bring serious patients of Covid-19 to hospitals in Panchkula and Ambala. A total of 110 such ‘mini bus-ambulances’ have been prepared to cover the entire state.
On this occasion, Haryana Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma, Principal Secretary and ADGP of Transport Department, Sh. Shatrujeett Kapur, Principal Media Advisor to Chief Minister, Sh. Vinod Mehta, Chandigarh Depot, GM, Sh. Arvind Sharma, Panchkula District GM, Sh. Vinesh Kumar, Ambala District GM, Sh. Manish Sehgal, Traffic Manager Sh. Vyom Sharma and other senior officers were present.
Before flagging off these ‘mini bus-ambulances’ from Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal interacted with the drivers of the ambulance and motivated them to work to deliver their best in this sensitive time of Covid. The Chief Minister explained to them that transporting serious patients to hospitals through ambulances during Covid-19 is not only a job but a service to the mankind. In the Roadways Department, the nature of job while working as a driver in roadways department is different from serving as a driver in an ambulance. He said that mutual cooperation in this hour of pandemic crisis will definitely help to reduce the misery and pain of the people.
After flagging off these ‘mini bus-ambulances’ from the Chief Minister’s residence in Chandigarh, He said that the passenger seats of 110 mini buses of Haryana Roadways have been removed and has been replaced with beds to take serious patients of Covid-19 to the hospital immediately. Each district will be given 5 ‘mini bus-ambulances’. Each ambulance has 4 beds, two oxygen cylinders, masks, sanitizers, PPE kits and first-aid kits etc. In addition, every district there will one large AC buses which can be utilised as an isolation centre. He said that the state government is seriously striving hard to get the people of the state out of this pandemic
