The service, which began officially on Tuesday, is free. (Representational image)
New Delhi:
It s not the most conventional way to get to hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city s ubiquitous three-wheeled autorickshaws into makeshift ambulances to ferry COVID-19 patients. Actual ambulances are hard to come by as a devastating surge in cases overwhelms the healthcare system.
Families have had to make their own arrangements including paying exorbitant amounts to private ambulance operators to take the sick to hospital.
The Delhi government, in association with a non-profit organization, has kitted out more than a dozen autorickshaws with hand sanitizers and face masks, while oxygen cylinders are provided on a need basis.
India Covid crisis: Delhi s popular autorickshaws become ambulances
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(Reuters) If everyone stays home because they are scared, then who is going to help those in need?
It s not the most conventional way to get to hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city s ubiquitous three-wheeled autorickshaws into makeshift ambulances to ferry Covid-19 patients.
Actual ambulances are hard to come by as a devastating surge in cases overwhelms the healthcare system. Families have had to make their own arrangements including paying exorbitant amounts to private ambulance operators to take the sick to hospital.
Actual ambulances are hard to come by as devastating surge in cases in India overwhelms healthcare system
Reuters
May 06, 2021
Drivers stand near autorickshaw ambulances, prepared to transfer people suffering from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and their relatives for free, in New Delhi, India May 5, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
It s not the most conventional way to get to hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city s ubiquitous three-wheeled autorickshaws into makeshift ambulances to ferry Covid-19 patients.
Actual ambulances are hard to come by as a devastating surge in cases overwhelms the healthcare system. Families have had to make their own arrangements including paying exorbitant amounts to private ambulance operators to take the sick to hospital.
Delhi s autorickshaws become ambulances Published: 12:54 AM, May 07, 2021
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It s not the most convenient way to get to the hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city s ubiquitous three-wheeled autorickshaws into makeshift ambulances to ferry COVID-19 patients.
Actual ambulances are hard to come by as a devastating surge in cases overwhelms the healthcare system. Families have had to make their own arrangements including paying exorbitant amounts to private ambulance operators to take the sick to hospital.
The Delhi government, in association with a non-profit organization, has kitted out more than a dozen autorickshaws with hand sanitizers and face masks, while oxygen cylinders are provided on a need basis. The service, which began officially on Tuesday, is free.