Two years ago, the Auroville Ambulance
was purchased with funds from the cyclone relief fund. Today, the
ambulance steadily continues to serve the community. Having attended
to 98 patients in this time, the ambulance, on average, transports
someone to hospital once every six days. The majority of these people
are Aurovilians, with only 20 out of 98 non-Aurovilians. While the
male to female ratio is roughly even, 62 out of the 98 people were
above 60 years old.
The ambulance service is more complex
than one might think. It involves a dispatcher available 24 hours a
day, who receives emergency phone calls and notes down critical
information about the patient. The dispatcher then determines whether
the ambulance is necessary. If so, she calls both the on-call doctor
and the ambulance driver, both of whom then make their way to the
scene. On average, the Auroville ambulance arrives on the scene
within 30 minutes of the initial call, compared to outside ambulances
that can tak...
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