Pondy MLAs voice concern over lack of ambulances in GHs, PHCs

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today said the Puducherry government would initiate steps to ensure that all the state-owned health care centres in the Union territory were equipped with ambulances.
He was responding to the queries raised by the members of various political parties including the ruling Congress, with regard to the lack of ambulances in government hospitals and primary health care centres in the Union Territory, during the question hour in the assembly.
Congress MLAV Vijayaveni who tabled the main question during the question hour, referred to the very sorry predicament of critically ill patients who required to be transferred to higher medical institutons for treatment.

She said, a couple of patients in Karayambuthur village in her constituency of Nettapakkam (reserved) patients were facing serious hardships owing to the absence of ambulances.
Requesting the government to ensure adequate ambulances, DMK MLA Geetha Anandhan claimed that there were instances of shortage of drivers to operate the vehicles wherever they were available.
AIADMK legislature party wing leader A Anbalagan urged the Puducherry government to allocate more funds to the health sector so that the shortcomings could be addressed.
Narayanasamy said the government would take steps to make sure that all the government health care centres had ambulances to transfer patients to medical centres.