108 service teams for Makarajyothi
Posted on: 05/Dec/2013 11:49:24 AM
108 Ambulance Service, operated by GVK-Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), will deploy emergency management technicians for �Makarajyothi� (January 14) at Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The deployment will be from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. About one crore pilgrims are expected to congregate during this period.
GVK-EMRI had begun mapping the health care infrastructure in the region. This information would be given to devotees who called the technicians on the �108� line.
The emergency care units would be soon established on the seven-kilometre stretch right from the banks of the Pampa to the Sannidhanam.
The scheme had been launched by the State government of Kerala and GVK-EMRI under the aegis of Kerala State Medical Services Corporation and the Travancore Dewaswom Board, which runs the temple. The Kerala government would provide medicines.
