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GVK EMRI today completed ten years of providing emergency response services to over 750 million people across the country.
The GVK Group's Emergency Management Research Institute has a fleet of nearly 10,000 ambulances and 42,000 employees, and provides emergency case with this PPP service.
It is considered to be among largest integrated emergency response service, spread across 15 states and two Union Territories of India.
Lloyd Brooks Minor, Dean, Stanford School of Medicine, USA inaugurated the new training centre building, 'GVK Vidya Nilaya' at the GVK EMRI main campus near Hyderabad.
These emergency response services are provided along with the respective State Governments in a unique Public-Private Partnership mode.
On a daily basis, at GVK EMRI, over 23,000 emergencies are responded to, 800 lives are saved and 200 child births are assisted.
Cumulatively, 3.5 crore emergencies have been served, nearly 15,00,000 lives saved and over 3,50,000 child births have been assisted till date, according to GVK EMRI.
GVK Reddy, Chairman, GVK EMRI, paid homage to the Late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Chairman Emeritus of GVK EMRI, and recollected his association with the GVK EMRI.
He said, “I strongly believe in giving back to society by reaching out to the masses; and it couldn’t have been fulfilled better than providing emergency care and saving lives. It gives me immense satisfaction that EMRI 108 services, as part of GVK’s CSR initiatives, are reaching out to the poorest of the poor in rural areas under a PPP framework."
Lloyd Brooks Minor said “Our collaboration with GVK EMRI dates back to 2007 and we promise to continue collaboration with GVK EMRI towards providing medical care, education, training and research support in emergency medical services on par with global standards as a part of the Stanford Emergency Medicine International (SEMI) initiative,” he added.
K. Krishnam Raju, Director GVK EMRI, said, “In the last four years, the number of trips per ambulance have quadrupled to four per day. GVK EMRI as a not-for-profit organisation, will continue working with the Central and State governments and strive to improve the quality of life of the masses by providing globally recognised emergency and healthcare services. Very soon, with the support from the Indian government and the State Governments, the 108 GVK EMRI services will cater to air ambulances as well, and would also expand cross border presence in Sri Lanka too.”
"We have introduced nine other services like 181 Women Helpline, Dial 100 for Police Service, 104 Medical Helpline, Mother and Child Tracking and Facilitation Centre (MCTFC), Janani Sishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), Mobile Health Unit (MHU), Emergency Rooms etc. in the last five years," he said.
The overall response mechanism is a very well integrated process that is designed to enhance overall efficiency.
At present, the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, part of Kerala and UTs of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are served.
GVK EMRI, Emergency Medicine Learning Centre, has so far trained over 2,10,000 healthcare providers, including 12,000 doctors and 32,000 nurses.
GVK EMRI is set to sign an MoU shortly for operations in Sri Lanka.
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