Equipped with health facilities, a boat ambulance service will start on Jammu and Kashmir’s Dal Lake soon.
The facility is expected to benefit thousands of people in the Valley.Tariq Ahmad Patloo, a houseboat owner thought of the concept of floating ambulance service when he tested positive for COVID-19 two months back and needed help to visit a hospital. Patloo said, “At that time when I tested positive for coronavirus, nobody came forward to help me except my friend who provided me a boat to reach the hospital. It hurt me a lot and I decided to make the special floating ambulance on boat aimed to help thousands of dwellers who are living in houseboats.”
People of Dal Lake are facing dozens of problems including health-related issues and they are not getting proper treatment at the time of emergency. So this floating ambulance which is under process will play a vital role to save the life of dwellers of Dal Lake ever in future,” he said.Riyaz Ahmad a mechanic of the ambulance boat informed ANI that the vessel was made up of wood and iron sheets and it will be 35 feet long and will have six feet space in middle.
