GVK-EMRI 108 "Mrityunjoy" services complete 13 years in Assam

GUWAHATI: The GVK-EMRI 108 "Mrityunjoy" services has completed 13 years of saving lives in Assam. The GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (GVK EMRI) started in April, 2005 to provide integrated emergency response services in a PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode with a vision to provide leadership to save 1 M Lives per annum nationally and establish GVK EMRI as a premier research and training institute in emergency management in the PPP framework. This service was made available to the people of Assam, upon signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by the Government of Assam and GKV-EMRI on July 8, 2008. Presently it has 793 road ambulances all across Assam and seven boat ambulances.

A completely free service where, anyone, anywhere in the state can call the toll free number -- 108 -- for all emergency and pregnancy related patients requiring home-to-hospital and hospital-to-hospital transfer.

The toll-free -- 108 -- is accessible from a landline, mobile phone, local telephone booth and can be dialed without any prefix or suffix.

Within a span of 11 years, it has became a lifeline for the people of state and helped in changing the attitude and perception in the health-delivery mechanism and created an environment of building the competency in providing pre-hospital care. It has generated ample opportunity for accessibility and timely emergency service in organized way and saved thousands of lives in the state since its inception, stated a press release.

Snapshot of 108 'Mrityunjoy' services (Details from November 6, 2008 to October 31, 2021:

Existing Surface Ambulances: 793; Boat Ambulances (operational): 7; lives saved: 1,79,684; emergencies attended: 46,54,126; pregnancy cases (handled): 17,66,430; deliveries assisted: 47,747; road traffic accident cases (handled): 2,74,565; cardiac-related cases (handled): 1,66,248; acute Abdominal Cases (handled): 6,41,346: respiratory cases: 1,50,802.

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