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  Ailing AMU professor on life support dies after waiting for ambulance for six hours

  India | October 26, 2016 14:34 IST

  A 64-year-old senior professor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), died at the varsity’s hospital after the authorities couldn’t arrange an ambulance for him for over six hours.

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  Shocking! Richshaw puller’s wife delivers immature baby on roadside as calls to 108 went unanswered

  India | September 14, 2016 13:07 IST

  a woman was forced to deliver a premature baby – who died minutes after birth – on the roadside when she was being taken to a hospital in a rickshaw after calls by the family to the 108 Ambulance service went unattended.

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  With launch of '108 HP', Himachal Pradesh becomes first state to start mobile app for ambulance

  India | August 29, 2016 21:49 IST

  Himachal Pradesh has become the first state to start mobile application for availing immediate and easy access to ambulances.

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  190 kg ganja seized from government ambulance, 2 held

  India | July 17, 2016 10:58 IST

  Visakhapatnam: Prohibition and excise department sleuths on Saturday seized a government ambulance transporting 190 kgs of ganja, and arrested two persons in this connection. The two arrested persons were identified as ambulance driver M

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  SC unhappy over lack of standard norms for ambulances, directs Centre to act

  India | June 30, 2016 9:43 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed unhappiness over the lack of pre-requisite "standard" norms which were recommended by AIIMS for registering vehicles as ambulances and sought the response of the Centre for not

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  '112' to soon become single number for all emergency services including police, ambulance, fire department

  India | March 28, 2016 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: People will soon have to dial just a single number '112' for help during emergency situations such as availing services of police, ambulance and the fire department. The proposal to have a single

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  Prince William starts air ambulance pilot job

  World | July 13, 2015 21:35 IST

  London: The Duke of Cambridge started his duties as an air ambulance pilot on Monday, saying he was feeling nervous about starting his new job.Kensington Palace said the prince started his duties as a pilot

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  Beware! You will have to Pay Rs 2,000 fine for blocking an ambulance

  India | January 07, 2015 13:48 IST

  New Delhi: A person obstructing the path of an ambulance will have to pay a fine of Rs. 2000 now,  Delhi Traffic Police has announced.Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander yesterday announced that all

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  Bombay High Court notice to MCGM for purchasing 12 ambulances at double price

  India | June 17, 2014 20:00 IST

  Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today issued notice to Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on a PIL alleging that the civic body had purchased cardiac ambulances at double the market price.  The notice was

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  SC fallout: Patient dies inside ambulance in Srinagar, as cops remove red beacon

  India | December 11, 2013 23:00 IST

  New Delhi: In a shocking incident, an 80 year old heart patient died on the spot after an ambulance with a red beacon was stopped by police for 30 minutes. The patient Abdul Rehman Dar, who

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  Six killed in Mumbai slum fire

  India | January 25, 2013 12:50 IST

  Mumbai, Jan 25: Six persons were killed and eight injured in a fire that gutted several hutments here today.The fire broke out in Mahim's Nayanagar slum early today, fire brigade sources said, adding that the

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  Toddler dies in MP after ambulance carrying her had no oxygen

  India | January 04, 2013 18:27 IST

  Dhar (MP), Jan 4: A two-year-old girl suffering from breathing problems died after oxygen cylinders in the ambulance that was shifting her to Indore exhausted enroute, due to alleged negligence of the hospital staff, official