People with mobility problems such as differently-abled persons, senior citizens, dialysis patients and post-surgery patients need no longer skip family outings and weekend tours. A medical taxi and ambulance service – e Sahai – launched here on Tuesday promises to care of their special mobility needs.
“The seat next to the driver’s seat can be rotated 90 degrees outside. A physically challenged person, sitting in the front, can be moved along with the seat, which can be rotated and moved 15 inches outside the vehicle. The wheel chair can be moved close to the seat and the person can be transferred to it,” e-Sahai founder and CEO Hari Bharadwaj told the media.
This was for the first time that such a facility has been launched in AP and Vizag has been chosen as the pilot destination. As of now we will begin with one taxi and have plans to enhance the number to 25 in the coming days, he said.
Those requiring the services of Sahayaks (assistants) could also avail of trained assistants to take care of their mobility needs while on the move. He said eSahai’s medical emergency services bring together a fleet of private ambulances onto a single platform, where users can avail of the services through the mobile app ‘eSahai’, log on to the eSahai website, call on the 24/7 customer service no. 73309 11911.
The ambulance service was intended to transport patients to hospitals through a tie-up with all medium, large-scale hospitals and health care providers in the city. The ambulances would be equipped with all life saving equipment on board. The services would be provided initially in the city limits but would be extended laer to cover the suburbs in a radius of 100 km.
Replying to queries, Mr. Bharadwaj said an understanding was reached with the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) for transport of patients and the trial run was a success. All the vehicles were fitted with rate cards to avoid ambiguity on fares.
