Basket being used to take patients to hospital in lack of ambulance service

Kathmandu - Basket is being used to take patients to health facility in lack of ambulance in the district headquarters based hospital. The 50-bed Jajarkot district hospital has no ambulance service in place as its patient-carrying vehicle has remained unrepaired for the past two years. Though the ambulance was taken to garage for change in two tyres and mobile engine the repair was not carried out in lack of financial resources, shared driver Rakesh Kumar Shah.

It has been a big trouble to take the patients to hospital for no ambulance services. There is no single ambulance in Jajarkot after the ambulance of the District Red Cross also got technical snag. It is very regretful to know apathetic response of concerned authorities in regard to the maintenance and operation of ambulance, complained locals.