The 1990 Suwaseriya Paramedic Ambulance Service has been in the frontline of the anti-coronavirus battle in the country. A concept that came to light from a personal experience in 2016, is continuing to save the lives of thousands of people islandwide. The Ambulance service first launched in the Southern and Western Provinces with 88 ambulances, utilising a USD 7.55 million grant from India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a suggestion by then state minister Dr. Harsha De Silva. Another USD 12 million grant was then given to expand the service to most parts of the country. Today, with 297 ambulances, completing between 1500-2000 hospital transfers a day, the staff is rendering a yeoman service at this time of need.
Service up-scaled during curfew
“98.5% of calls are being answered in the first ring itself,” said Dumindra Ratnayake, 1990 Suwaseriya Foundation Chairman. “Since the curfew we have been getting four times more calls than usual. People were worried when they got symptoms of a common cold because they were similar to that of COVID-19. Suwasariya Ambulance Service is operating together with the Epidemiology Unit of Ministry of Health where we have formulated a questionnaire for those who call us. If it triggers a positive case we would dispatch an ambulance. Otherwise, we tell them that they do not need to visit a hospital. This is because we cannot handle the overwhelming number of calls as well as it is not advisable to send many people to hospitals when considering the present situation,” said Ratnayake.
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