India gifts 88 ambulances to operate a free ambulance service
The Indian Government has gifted 88 ambulances for the maintenance of free ambulance services within Colombo and the Southern Province. The handing over of these ambulances took place in Colombo yesterday.
The presentation of these ambulances took place under the patronage of Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Y.K. Sinha at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. These ambulances were handed over to Prime Minister’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake.
The gifting of the ambulances took place in response to a request made by Sri Lanka to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was on a visit to Sri Lanka. The ambulance service will initially be operative in Colombo and the Southern Province.
The Government plans to operate this service in other areas too in the future. Action was initiated to impart training to employees who will be engaged in the ambulance service. Present at the ceremony to hand over the ambulances was a group including Health Services Director General Dr. Palitha Mahipala.
- http://www.news.lk/news/business/it...mbulances-to-operate-a-free-ambulance-service
No influx of Indians through ambulance service, India assures Sri Lankans
Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 04:47 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Feb 22, Colombo: Indian official sources Saturday clarified that there is no scope for an influx of Indian personnel into Sri Lanka through the India-aided Emergency Ambulance Service which is to be introduced in two Lankan provinces shortly.
The Joint Opposition Group had alleged that the service, to be run by the Hyderabad-based GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute with a grant of US$ 7.6 million from the Indian government, will be employing only Indians, and not Sri Lankans.
Rebutting this, Indian officials said that except for two or three Indian planners, all the paramedical personnel and supporting staff will be Sri Lankans, the New Indian Express reported.
The service, to be rendered in the Western and Southern provinces initially, will launch 88 ambulances employing over 600 Sri Lankans. The Sri Lankans will be employees of the local subsidiary of GVK-EMRI.
Indian officials also denied the charge that users of the ambulance service will have to pay for it. The service is funded entirely by an Indian government grant and is to be offered free for a year, after which the Lankan government can review the arrangement.
The idea of starting an emergency ambulance service with Indian help was mooted not by India, but by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe when his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, visited Lanka in March 2015. Letters on it were exchanged when Wickremesinghe visited New Delhi in September.
On a request from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Sri Lanka in March has agreed to provide such an Emergency Ambulance Health Protection Service to Sri Lanka as well.
- http://www.colombopage.com/archive_16A/Feb22_1456139857CH.php
The Indian Government has gifted 88 ambulances for the maintenance of free ambulance services within Colombo and the Southern Province. The handing over of these ambulances took place in Colombo yesterday.
The presentation of these ambulances took place under the patronage of Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Y.K. Sinha at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. These ambulances were handed over to Prime Minister’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake.
The gifting of the ambulances took place in response to a request made by Sri Lanka to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was on a visit to Sri Lanka. The ambulance service will initially be operative in Colombo and the Southern Province.
The Government plans to operate this service in other areas too in the future. Action was initiated to impart training to employees who will be engaged in the ambulance service. Present at the ceremony to hand over the ambulances was a group including Health Services Director General Dr. Palitha Mahipala.
- http://www.news.lk/news/business/it...mbulances-to-operate-a-free-ambulance-service
No influx of Indians through ambulance service, India assures Sri Lankans
Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 04:47 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Feb 22, Colombo: Indian official sources Saturday clarified that there is no scope for an influx of Indian personnel into Sri Lanka through the India-aided Emergency Ambulance Service which is to be introduced in two Lankan provinces shortly.
The Joint Opposition Group had alleged that the service, to be run by the Hyderabad-based GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute with a grant of US$ 7.6 million from the Indian government, will be employing only Indians, and not Sri Lankans.
Rebutting this, Indian officials said that except for two or three Indian planners, all the paramedical personnel and supporting staff will be Sri Lankans, the New Indian Express reported.
The service, to be rendered in the Western and Southern provinces initially, will launch 88 ambulances employing over 600 Sri Lankans. The Sri Lankans will be employees of the local subsidiary of GVK-EMRI.
Indian officials also denied the charge that users of the ambulance service will have to pay for it. The service is funded entirely by an Indian government grant and is to be offered free for a year, after which the Lankan government can review the arrangement.
The idea of starting an emergency ambulance service with Indian help was mooted not by India, but by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe when his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, visited Lanka in March 2015. Letters on it were exchanged when Wickremesinghe visited New Delhi in September.
On a request from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Sri Lanka in March has agreed to provide such an Emergency Ambulance Health Protection Service to Sri Lanka as well.
- http://www.colombopage.com/archive_16A/Feb22_1456139857CH.php
