Lokmanya Hospitals offers 24 hours round the clock ambulance services, geared to meet any emergency - surgical or medical.

Lokmanya Hospitals offers 24 hours round the clock ambulance services, geared to meet any emergency - surgical or medical.

Designed along the lines of the modern hi-tech ambulances, it has all the fitments for an emergency unit including a two -way communication system. This allows for continuous contact between the hospital and the mobile care unit, ,so that various specialists are best prepared on patient’s arrival, thereby saving critical time. Expert advice can also be sought from various specialists, as the patient is being transported to the hospital.

In the Year 2001 Mumbai-Pune express highway was made fully operationlised, one of the best roads in India, made for the convenience of public, but In spite of best road engineering experts, 3 lanes made according to the speed of vehicles, there were accidents happening at rate of 5-10 accidents per day. A strong need was felt and Lokmanya pioneered in establishing Comprehensive Emergency Medical System first of its kind in India in the year 2000 with a mission to reduce mortality and morbidity due to Road traffic accidents and injuries, through prevention, improved Pre-hospital trauma care, improved hospital care, proved rehabilitation as also research and training.There is no legislation for transporting accident victims and ambulance networking during the early phase of inception (1995-96). The people were in sensitive and afraid to help the road accident victims. Further there was lack of multi-sectoral coordination and partnership among all concerned in both public and private sectors, with the involvement of civil society like Hospitals. All stake holders from Medical, Police, media, Fire Dept, NGO’s Highway authorities and Govt. agencies were called for sensitization on Emergency Medical System and encouraged them for establishing Pune EMS consortium.

With the support of participating stakeholders Lokmanya EMS has sustained the effort for the common goal of reduced road accident morbidity and mortality and providing comprehensive trauma care. These sustained efforts have resulted into effective reduction in RTA mortality rate to .003304 on Mumbai – Pune express highways. Lokmanya EMS got quality certification of ISO -9000 -2001. Today Lokmanya EMS is providing this services to the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Punjab. Many National and International agencies have recognized the efforts and conferred with Shri Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Ratan Award and Mahindra Navistar “Transport Excellence Award 2011” for Alternative Thinking.