DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that from April 2021 to February 2022 a total of 3,86,946 patients have been provided ambulance services thereby ensuring focus on emergency services and mobilizing ambulance services. Sharing information in this regard he said that District Hisar is no. 1 as it has answered 27,550 calls, District Ambala is no.2 with 24691 calls and Sirsa is no. 3 with 23137 calls. Whereas in case of providing services to pregnant women District Palwal is no. 1, transported 14151 pregnant women, District Kurukshetra is no. 2 with 11327 and District Jind is no. 3 with 8770 in transporting pregnant women. Vij said that the State is presently plying 635 ambulances which include 161 Advanced Life Support Ambulances, 170 Basic Life Support Ambulances, 268 Patient Transport Ambulances and 30 Kilkari ambulances and 6 Neonatal Care ambulances. He informed that these ambulances are managed by Decentralized Control Rooms operational in almost all districts. He said that free transportation services are being provided in case of emergencies, from Home/ incident site to nearest government health facility to pregnant women for Antenatal Check-up's and delivery. Besides this, ambulance services to drop back home after delivery, to victims of road side accident, for post-natal cases upto 6 weeks after delivery, to sick infants & children upto 5 years of age, for psychiatric emergencies, for freedom fighters, for ex-servicemen & their dependent to Military Hospital/ nearest Govt. Health facility within the district and for Inter facility Transport/ tertiary care health facilities are being provided. He said that out of these 635 ambulances, State has recently deployed 188 Patient Transport Ambulances under "Atal Janani Vahini Sewa" for transporting Pregnant Women to District Hospitals/ SDH/ CHC's/ PHC's where heavy delivery load has been identified. He said that it is well-defined fact that pre hospital care and quick transportation in the first golden hour of accident/medical emergencies can save lives to large extent. Thus, Trained Emergency Medical Technicians have been deployed with the ambulances as they are playing a vital role to provide pre-hospital care services during transportation through ambulances. (editor@dailyworld.in)