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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off 'mobile clinic cum ambulance' in Delhi

  News | August 17, 2020 14:06 IST

  The Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flagged off mobile clinic in the national capital on August 17 amid coronavirus pandemic.

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  Odisha: Infant dies on way to hospital as ambulance driver halts for 90-minute long lunch break

  India | August 12, 2020 13:14 IST

  In a tragic incident, a one-year-old infant died while being taken to the hospital after the ambulance driver took a halt to have food. According to the couple, the driver and the pharmacist had assured of returning quickly. Both of them, however, took more than an hour over the lunch and fobbed off the father of the deceased child after he had gone inside the eatery looking for the driver and the pharmacist. 

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  COVID-19 patient refused treatment, delivers baby in ambulance

  India | July 30, 2020 21:23 IST

  The pregnant woman was taken to three hospitals in about 36 hours since Tuesday but all of them refused to treat her.

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  Man dies as ambulance staff refuse to carry him to hospital suspecting him to be COVID-19 positive

  India | July 27, 2020 20:40 IST

  A man died in Odisha's Berhampur on Monday allegedly after ambulance staff refused to take him to a hospital suspecting him to be a COVID-19 patient.  

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  COVID-19: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee starts ambulance services

  News | July 15, 2020 11:02 IST

  Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on July 14 started free ambulance services for COVID-19 patients on Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji's Prakash Purab.

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  Ambulance charges COVID-19 patient Rs 8,000 for 7-km ride, offence registered

  India | July 08, 2020 22:52 IST

  The Pune district administration on Wednesday filed a case against an ambulance service provider in the city for overcharging a COVID-19 patient. 

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  Maharashtra govt to requisition private ambulances for COVID-19 patients

  India | July 01, 2020 20:50 IST

  In view of rising number of coronavirus patients, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to requisition private ambulances and other vehicles which will be used to ferry patients to hospitals.

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  Mahindra & Mahindra launches BSVI-compliant ambulance Supro

  Auto | June 16, 2020 13:19 IST

  Mahindra & Mahindra on Tuesday said it has launched BSVI-compliant ambulance 'Supro' in two variants in the wake of coronavirus pandemic which has led to a rise in demand for such vehicles. Developed in-house on the company's popular Supro van platform, the vehicle is priced at Rs 6.94 lakh, the company said in a release.

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  Ahmedabad: Private ambulance service charges patient Rs 20,000 in for transport

  News | June 12, 2020 14:00 IST

  Rs 20,000 charged from patient by private ambulance service for transpot from one hospital to another

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  Bride, groom family disguise as patients, use ambulance to travel between Ghaziabad-Muzaffarnagar

  India | April 30, 2020 16:26 IST

  A family of nine including a newly-wed couple used an ambulance to return from Ghaziabad to Muzaffarnagar -- approx 80 km away -- amid lockdown. All of them disguised as patients used the medical emergency vehicle to travel between Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar's Khatauli. A case has been registered.

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  Video: Andhra villagers carry ailing man on makeshift stretcher for 12 km to reach ambulance

  India | January 29, 2020 23:39 IST

  In a case highlighting a lack of adequate infrastructure and connectivity, villagers of Daraparti Panchayat of Vizianagaram district carried a 22-year-old man suffering from jaundice for about 12 kilometers in a makeshift stretcher to take him to an ambulance. 

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  Maharashtra: Marathi actress, newborn die post delivery

  India | October 21, 2019 23:12 IST

  ​A 25-year-old actress from the Marathi film industry and her newborn baby died within hours in Maharashtra's Hingoli district on Sunday apparently due to unavailability of ambulance, a police official said on Monday.  

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  Ambulance runs out of fuel, pregnant woman dies on way to hospital

  India | October 06, 2019 8:41 IST

  The 23-year-old tribal woman who was in an advanced stage of pregnancy was admitted to a government hospital in Bangiriposi.

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  Doctor, child killed in DND accident

  India | September 20, 2019 11:03 IST

  As per the preliminary information provided by the police, the ambulance was carrying a patient to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi when it was hit by the truck.

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  Rs 10,000 fine for refusing way to ambulance

  India | September 01, 2019 16:20 IST

  The higher penalties will be applicable throughout India. The goal is to create a fear of law that ensures decrease of traffic violations.  

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  Woman delivers in police vehicle due to non-availability of ambulance in UP

  India | August 24, 2019 21:49 IST

  Chameli, a resident of Kotwali police station area of Banda district, was waiting for an ambulance at Baberu bypass on Friday night. Till midnight, the ambulance did not reach, Superintendent of Police Ganesh Prasad Saha said on Saturday.

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  Karnataka boy feted for escorting ambulance across submerged bridge

  India | August 15, 2019 23:41 IST

  As the ambulance had to cross from Hirerayanakumpi village to Gugal village on the other side of the riverbank, its driver asked Venkatesh, who was present on the spot, if he knew where the submerged road bridge was to ride over and if he could guide him.

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  US-based Kashmiri doctors to launch critical care ambulance service in Valley

  India | July 18, 2019 9:21 IST

  To save lives, a group of Kashmiri doctors named "Kashmera" based in the US in collaboration with the state government and few NGOs, have launched a programme to provide ambulances to ferry the injured to the two premier hospitals in Srinagar. 

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  Delhi's health secretary writes to police chief over ambulance staff strike

  India | July 03, 2019 7:39 IST

  Health Department of the Delhi government has written to the police commissioner seeking action against a section of CATS ambulance staff who have allegedly damaged some emergency vehicles and been obstructing works of others, officials said on Tuesday.

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  9-yr-old Afroz dies after hospital refuses ambulance in Shahjahanpur

  India | May 28, 2019 20:21 IST

  A critically ill boy died after he was allegedly refused an ambulance by the state-run district hospital in Shahjahanpur.