<div>Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said motorists obstructing the way of ambulances carrying patients to hospitals in the national capital would have to pay a penalty of Rs 2,000.<br /><br />Sisodia, who along with Health Minister Satyendar Jain, flagged off a fleet of ambulances equipped with state-of-the- art gadgetry as part of Delhi government's 'Home to Hospital Care' emergency medical response service, said people should be sensitive towards such emergency situations.<br /><br />"It's equally important for people to be sensitive towards such emergency situations. Each ambulance will have a camera to record the vehicles in front of it. Those who do not give way to a rushing ambulance will have to pay Rs 2,000 as penalty," he said.<br /><br />He also inaugurated a high-tech control room in Shakarpur here which is capable of handling 5,000 medical distress calls daily.<br /><br />Centralised Ambulance Trauma Services (CATS), the nodal agency for the project to provide free emergency ambulance service, has procured 110 new ambulances having life-saving equipment.<br /><br />Each ambulance has been provided with tablet computers for easy navigation and to enter patient details enabling advance notice to the hospitals about the patients.<br /><br />"This is the first time in India that such a world-class technology-led control room has been set up. It will coordinate the working of the ambulances and provide real-time management of emergency situations for people of Delhi," Sisodia said.<br /><br />He also said the government was planning to bring the fire brigade service and other disaster management services under the aegis of the new control room for a coordinated response to emergencies. The emergency response system can be reached with mobile app 'Call 102'. <br /></div>
<div>Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said motorists obstructing the way of ambulances carrying patients to hospitals in the national capital would have to pay a penalty of Rs 2,000.<br /><br />Sisodia, who along with Health Minister Satyendar Jain, flagged off a fleet of ambulances equipped with state-of-the- art gadgetry as part of Delhi government's 'Home to Hospital Care' emergency medical response service, said people should be sensitive towards such emergency situations.<br /><br />"It's equally important for people to be sensitive towards such emergency situations. Each ambulance will have a camera to record the vehicles in front of it. Those who do not give way to a rushing ambulance will have to pay Rs 2,000 as penalty," he said.<br /><br />He also inaugurated a high-tech control room in Shakarpur here which is capable of handling 5,000 medical distress calls daily.<br /><br />Centralised Ambulance Trauma Services (CATS), the nodal agency for the project to provide free emergency ambulance service, has procured 110 new ambulances having life-saving equipment.<br /><br />Each ambulance has been provided with tablet computers for easy navigation and to enter patient details enabling advance notice to the hospitals about the patients.<br /><br />"This is the first time in India that such a world-class technology-led control room has been set up. It will coordinate the working of the ambulances and provide real-time management of emergency situations for people of Delhi," Sisodia said.<br /><br />He also said the government was planning to bring the fire brigade service and other disaster management services under the aegis of the new control room for a coordinated response to emergencies. The emergency response system can be reached with mobile app 'Call 102'. <br /></div>