Corpn to operate 8 auto ambulances
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The Kochi Corporation, in collaboration with the Ernakulam District Autorickshaw Drivers’ Co-operative Society, is readying eight autorickshaw ambulances in the city.
The autorickshaws that will be used to take COVID patients to hospitals, will be equipped with oxygen, pulse oximeters, thermometers and medication for emergency aid. They will be available round-the-clock, one in each of the eight zones of the corporation – Edappally, Palluruthy, Central zone, Palarivattom, Vyttila, Pachalam, and two zones in West Kochi.
The initiative is part of the Indo-German green mobility partnership and is being organised with technical and financial help from GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation), besides cooperation from the State government, the National Health Mission, the Motor Vehicles Department, the Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development, Coronasafe Network and Technovia Info solutions.