Tamil Nadu Ambulance

A cardiothoracic surgeon suffered injuries in an accident while travelling with a medical team in ambulance carrying harvested lungs from a hospital for transplant on a patient in Chennai and performed the lifesaving surgical procedure hours later.

An 18-month-old child died of a snake bite in Tamil Nadu's Vellore as she could not reach the hospital on time due to the lack of proper roads in the area. The mother had to carry the child for 6kms after the ambulance dropped them midway.

An ambulance was briefly stopped, so were other vehicles in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam, about 293 km from Chennai, on Monday to allow a convoy of a State Minister.

A 24-year-old tribal woman delivered a baby in an ambulance as a wild elephant blocked a ghat road in Tamil Nadu's Erode district.

A newborn baby and an ambulance driver were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in toppled near Malumichampatti on the outskirts here on Tuesday, police said.

One of the ambulances carrying the remains of Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others who died in a helicopter crash yesterday met with a minor accident this afternoon while driving to Sulur in Coimbatore.

A woman was today appointed to drive an ambulance in Tamil Nadu, claimed to be the first in the country, as Chief Minister K Palaniswami flagged off 118 as part of an initiative to strengthen emergency services in the state.

Ola has already pledged Rs. 8 crore to CM relief funds of various states as well as the PM Cares fund to aid the fight against Coronavirus.

Two ambulance drivers from Tamil Nadu received thunderous applause as they drove into Mizoram's Aizawl today, after travelling over 3,000 kilometres to deliver a coffin containing the body of a young Mizo native who died in Chennai last week

A cellphone video of a traffic jam in which an ambulance is caught, has been doing the rounds in Chennai. It has been alleged that the jam was caused by the convoy of Chief Minister E Palaniswami an allegation that has been denied by the city police.

A surgeon had to bury his colleague with a shovel and the help of two ward boys at cemetery in Chennai in the middle of the night on Sunday after a mob attacked their ambulance over coronavirus fears.

A pregnant woman was carried in a cloth cradle for 6 km as the ambulance could not reach her house due to lack of proper roads in Burgur village in Tamil Nadu.

A 65-year-old tribal man died in a village in Puducherry on Wednesday after he collapsed at his sister-in-law's home and his family tried to take him to a hospital on a cart. Instead of calling an ambulance or offering help, onlookers were seen clicking pictures as his family members pulled the wheel barrow.

J Jayalalithaa had refused to go to hospital after she collapsed in the washroom of her Chennai home on September 22, 2016, her long-time companion VK Sasikala has told a retired judge investigating the death of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister.

An air ambulance service of a private hospital in Tamil Nadu, claimed to be the first such facility to be run by a hospital in the country, will be launched on June 25. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa would inaugurate the 'Ganga Air Ambulance' helicopter service of Ganga Hospital, a release from the hospital said today.

A cardiothoracic surgeon suffered injuries in an accident while travelling with a medical team in ambulance carrying harvested lungs from a hospital for transplant on a patient in Chennai and performed the lifesaving surgical procedure hours later.

An 18-month-old child died of a snake bite in Tamil Nadu's Vellore as she could not reach the hospital on time due to the lack of proper roads in the area. The mother had to carry the child for 6kms after the ambulance dropped them midway.

An ambulance was briefly stopped, so were other vehicles in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam, about 293 km from Chennai, on Monday to allow a convoy of a State Minister.

A 24-year-old tribal woman delivered a baby in an ambulance as a wild elephant blocked a ghat road in Tamil Nadu's Erode district.

A newborn baby and an ambulance driver were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in toppled near Malumichampatti on the outskirts here on Tuesday, police said.

One of the ambulances carrying the remains of Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others who died in a helicopter crash yesterday met with a minor accident this afternoon while driving to Sulur in Coimbatore.

A woman was today appointed to drive an ambulance in Tamil Nadu, claimed to be the first in the country, as Chief Minister K Palaniswami flagged off 118 as part of an initiative to strengthen emergency services in the state.

Ola has already pledged Rs. 8 crore to CM relief funds of various states as well as the PM Cares fund to aid the fight against Coronavirus.

Two ambulance drivers from Tamil Nadu received thunderous applause as they drove into Mizoram's Aizawl today, after travelling over 3,000 kilometres to deliver a coffin containing the body of a young Mizo native who died in Chennai last week

A cellphone video of a traffic jam in which an ambulance is caught, has been doing the rounds in Chennai. It has been alleged that the jam was caused by the convoy of Chief Minister E Palaniswami an allegation that has been denied by the city police.

A surgeon had to bury his colleague with a shovel and the help of two ward boys at cemetery in Chennai in the middle of the night on Sunday after a mob attacked their ambulance over coronavirus fears.

A pregnant woman was carried in a cloth cradle for 6 km as the ambulance could not reach her house due to lack of proper roads in Burgur village in Tamil Nadu.

A 65-year-old tribal man died in a village in Puducherry on Wednesday after he collapsed at his sister-in-law's home and his family tried to take him to a hospital on a cart. Instead of calling an ambulance or offering help, onlookers were seen clicking pictures as his family members pulled the wheel barrow.

J Jayalalithaa had refused to go to hospital after she collapsed in the washroom of her Chennai home on September 22, 2016, her long-time companion VK Sasikala has told a retired judge investigating the death of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister.

An air ambulance service of a private hospital in Tamil Nadu, claimed to be the first such facility to be run by a hospital in the country, will be launched on June 25. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa would inaugurate the 'Ganga Air Ambulance' helicopter service of Ganga Hospital, a release from the hospital said today.