Udhagamandalam: Forest minister K Ramachandran flagged off six autorickshaw ambulances in Coonoor on Saturday.
Coonoor-based entrepreneur Radhika Shastry had launched project AmbuRx inspired by a similar project launched by Vivek Tankha of Jabalpur. “I saw a picture of an auto-ambulance on social media and felt it would serve well in the Nilgiris mountains, which lack medical facilities,” said Radhika.
Fabricated in Jabalpur and powered by 470cc diesel engines, the vehicles are an economically-efficient way to transport patients, who do not require cardiac care, to medical centres. “Each vehicle costs Rs 3.5 lakh, including fittings such as stretcher, attendant seating, oxygen cylinder, drip hooks, first aid box and a fan. Medical facilities in the Nilgiris are not the same as in larger towns and cities, and any help that we can bring here will hugely benefit the community,” said Radhika.
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