Ambulances are called upon frequently to attend to pregnant women, newborns, trauma patients and the immunocompromised. As a fundamental part of a basic healthcare delivery, ambulances must concern themselves with sanitation and hygiene as much as any hospital or health centre.
Without hygienic conditions, the ill or injured are left vulnerable to further infection or sepsis. In keeping with the standards of any world class ambulance service, Ziqitza Health Care Limited has launched the Ambulance Cleanliness Initiative for its vehicles and crew.
“If our goal is world-class emergency medical services and not just a vehicle to transport from one spot to another, then protecting our patients requires a hygiene level comparable to any hospital,” says Sweta Mangal, CEO.
As a reminder of this commitment to ourselves, the public and patients, all ZHL staff, including doctors and ambulance crew, pledged their commitment to the Ambulance Cleanliness Initiative.
Constant cleaning of the ambulances is critical. In between transfer, personnel on duty are committed to checking and sanitizing the ambulance and environs. For a stationed ambulance this would be required, for example, if any part of the premises was contaminated by blood or other bodily fluids.
The initiative by Ziqitza Health Care Limited is a step towards enhancing the healthcare services in India and holding ourselves to a higher standard of care.
About Ziqitza Health Care Limited:
Launched in 2005, Ziqitza Health Care Limited is an emergency ambulance service provider. It is dedicated to bringing affordable healthcare to some of India’s poorest people. The company had initiated its services with two ambulances, on a pilot basis as an NGO. Presently, the social enterprise operates around 1,250 ambulances across 17 Indian states. By its own calculations, its cross-subsidised model has helped 3.2 million people get to hospital, saving thousands of lives in the process.
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