Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 28: High Court today issued notice to Government and sought response about Standard Operating Procedure for hassle free movement of patients care ambulances in the time of need and while transporting the patients to and fro to the hospitals.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Sanjeev Kumar issued notice to Chief Secretary, Commissioner Secretaries of Home, Health, Transport, Director Health Services Kashmir and Jammu, DGP, IGP, Transport Commissioner and Principal Government Medical College.
Direction is sought to the respondents to immediately implement traffic advisory issued by the Traffic Police Department, the PIL reads.
Also directions are sought for equipping all the hospitals, rural and urban, with modern high technology patient care ambulances with trained drivers.
“Direct respondents to remove old and unequipped ambulances from the fleet being run and operated by the respondents unless the same are certified to be fit for usage by the competent authority”, PIL reads.
It is further prayed that authorities be directed to establish traffic junction module for better patient transport management, install GPS system in ambulances, establish control rooms where ambulance drivers across State can coordinate with the traffic police for clear passage of ambulances.
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