EMRI 1-0-8

Had my first experience with 108 .I didnt fumble this much even when my GF's mom picked
her mobile n said "Hello" .So this s what happened ..




Staff nurse came to me n said a critical case in our ward n she must be referred to Higher centre Immediately,I Examined n went to call 1-0-8. Actually I was attending other patients in between when the Ring was going ,my thought was,its like other toll free number someone ll give a warm intro n explain details to proceed. But i was surprised just after Hello the voice asked who r u ,Reason for calling , what kinda illness, emergency ?, Do u ve any other ambulance nearby .. I started to fumble bcos i was not prepared with case details ,so slowly i began to speak with intro that i'm a Doc[actually House surgeon] from this place ,then as I know How To Explain about emergency i started to say "Post dated labour, no pain ,needs intervention in Higher centre , Probably Emergency cesarean " [was wondering what would i ve told if i'm a Non-medico] ..the voice was more than convinced n asked the detail , again did my next mistake , i answered v r calling from pathamdai ..the voice inquired to which Taluk it belongs, then which District ,tell me the route to reach dere . Again slowly answered but really dint know the route to reach there bcos I'm new to that place . After that the voice said
give ur mobile no,then keep ur mobile switched on our Ambulance Dept ll call u .Somehow ended the call .. Then again explained things to Ambulance Dept..

But u must give all credits to them, within 10 mins they were in Hosp showing me some form to Fill ..Again took time to understand it ,but its nothing just a form about patient details,then were u want to shift them , reason , patients general condition n Referral signature [ I think general public dont need to fill those papers ] At last everything ended smoothly ..




EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH INSTITUTE s a very successful
program in health care.. EMRI s a govt aided private program n the Ambulance has all the Emergency facilities . But some ppl exploit it .. patient
with very minor ailment like insect bite , a small abrasions , just exaggerating pain as MI [Heart attack ] ..I ve even heard some ppl use it to avoid Taxi expense in reaching hospital. Its not that these ppl exploiting EMRI alone , they r cheating Govt ,wasting peoples money ..such ppl must think, that even in any High traffic people give way to EMRI ambulance, then Traffic Police alter the signal so that ambulance goes first, above all they must think when EMRI van crosses how many people pray to their GOD that the man inside must make to hosp in time n Get well soon .So pls dont cheat n play with People's Love ,its already reaching Drought state ur attitude ll just make it a End game.

The reason for this post is ,few things look very simple n ordinary that v dont intend to know about it. Like always "Small Things matter the Most " . So if u ever gonna make a call to 1-0-8 just remember few things

- be precise
- explain the need
- tell them the place with details of Route [ FYI : all calls of 1-0-8 goes to
chennai,so ppl in other districts shud explain along with their district
name ]
- give them an active mobile no.
- When they ask u to sign in dont hesitate , it got nothing to do
with Police case or adding u as witness.