India’s leading government hospital to deploy bike ambulances for heart-attack emergencies

• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), launched Bike Ambulance service under a pilot project
  
• AIIMS has deployed four bike-ambulances and 12 nurses trained to handle emergency cases.
  
• The idea behind the bike ambulance service was to provide assistance within 10 minutes of the attack.
  
• The service will be available at toll-free numbers 4430 and 1800-11-1044 — for assistance in heart attack or chest pain cases.
  

India’s apex medical research institute The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has launched a Bike Ambulance service, aimed at bringing quick medical help during times of traffic congestion.

Under a pilot project “Mission DELHI (Delhi Emergency Life Heart-Attack Initiative)," the institute has launched the service at the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi, deploying four motorbike-ambulances and 12 nurses trained to handle emergency cases.

The idea behind the bike ambulance service was to provide assistance within 10 minutes of the attack. As of now, the service is available in a range of 3KM across the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), reported Hindustan Times.

The nurses deployed at the control centre at AIIMS will determine the nature of help needed on the basis of information shared by the caller. The team will also try to establish a virtual connection with cardiologists at AIIMS hospital, reported Live Mint citing Professor Balram Bhargava Director General ICMR.

Introducing bike ambulances was need of the hour as one of ICMR reported said heart diseases were the biggest killer in 2016 causing 28.1% of all deaths in India.

The bike ambulances are already used in several parts of the country including private hospitals, NGOs, and organisation associated with the state government. For instance, GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute claim to have resolved 1,000 emergencies cases in Shimla using bike ambulances.