Anekal gets Bike ambulance to cater to people in forest areas

Bengaluru: An NGO Suriya Foundation has launched the bike ambulance in Choodahalli village in Anekal taluk. It is Royal Enfield bike with built-in oxygen cylinders.

After wavering through a lot of designs in the past two months the prototype was finally launched which is said to be the first of its kind in South India.

After working on a lot of designs in the past two months the first-of-its-kind prototype in South India was finally launched on Wednesday. Suriya Foundation, an NGO, has not only helped the officials in connecting with Zerodha but also worked on designing the bike ambulance. "Flanked by Bannerghatta forest and an elephant corridor, it is difficult for the people in the area to reach the nearest Primary Health Centre (PHC). The bike ambulance will go a long way in ferrying patients requiring emergency medical aid to hospital. We worked on a lot of designs, changed and reworked on them in the past two months. In South India this is the first of its kind," Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and nodal officer, Covid operations, Anekal, Dr Vaishnavi K told The Hans India. In its fight against Covid, Anekal has been able to garner CSR funding. The Anekal Covid wing of the hospital is run through CSR completely. No other taluk has a dedicated Covid hospital supported by CSR.