{"id":13618,"date":"2020-08-10T01:08:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T01:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2020-08-10T01:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T01:08:55","slug":"now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=13618","title":{"rendered":"Now &#8216;boat ambulance&#8217; service to be launched in Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><picture class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image sp-no-webp\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-Maharashtra.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-Maharashtra.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-Maharashtra-1200x869.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-Maharashtra.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Now 'boat ambulance' service to be launched in Maharashtra\" height=\"290\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-Maharashtra.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-Maharashtra-1200x869.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p>Mumbai, Aug 9 : The Maharashtra government has given the green signal for launching a \u201cboat ambulance-cum-mobile medical unit\u201d service between Mumbai and Raigad, on an experimental basis, an official said here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The tendering process has been cleared for the service \u2013 which was due to be launched before the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown \u2013 between the Gateway of India (Mumbai) and Mandwa Jetty (Raigad) on the mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State for Industries and Raigad Guardian Minister, Aditi Tatkare said that the boat ambulance will be a speedboat which can accommodate an ambulance to shift patients from Raigad or Ratnagiri requiring urgent medicare at hospitals in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>The approximately hour-long voyage will help slash the crucial two-three hours or the \u2018golden hours\u2019 which the patients from these two areas have to currently spend travelling by road to Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>The government will select an agency which will procure the requisite vessel, equipment, medical supplies, staff, etc and it will provide the operational expenses for the project, to be implemented initially for one year under the supervision of the National Health Mission.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Department\u2019s permission will be sought for appointing doctors, nurses, ventilator operators, etc while the expenses will be mobilised through the Finance Department and the District Planning &amp; Development Council.<\/p>\n<p><small>Disclaimer: This story is auto-generated from IANS service.<\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"google_news_bar\"> Subscribe us on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMNfwhQsw6qSDAw?oc=3&amp;ceid=IN:en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Google News\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-news\" alt=\"The Siasat Daily - Google News\" width=\"130\" height=\"35\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sahifa\/images\/googlenews.svg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-news\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sahifa\/images\/googlenews.svg\" alt=\"The Siasat Daily - Google News\" width=\"130\" height=\"35\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/now-boat-ambulance-service-to-be-launched-in-maharashtra-1942917\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, Aug 9 : The Maharashtra government has given the green signal for launching a \u201cboat ambulance-cum-mobile medical unit\u201d service between Mumbai and Raigad, on an experimental basis, an official said here on Sunday. 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