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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has launched its first fleet of 50 motorcycle-ambulances to provide emergency life-saving services in all 50 districts of the capital.
\nBMA Governor Chadchart Sittipunt oversaw the launch ceremony for the first 50 \u201cmotorlances\u201d at the BMA Expo 2023 in Benchakitti Park on Saturday.
\nThe 50 motorcycles come equipped with life-saving tools and will be ridden by specially trained personnel at the hospitals where they will be deployed. The riders will weave through busy streets and serve spots that are difficult to reach by four-wheel ambulances.
\nChadchart said the motorlances were a speedy way of getting potentially life-saving aid to victims in the city.
\n\u201cWhen an emergency happens, we will be able to reach the patient within eight minutes and save his or her life. We plan to expand the fleet to around 200-300 motorlances,\u201d Chadchart said.
\nThe first 50 motorlances were distributed to hospitals in seven zones of Bangkok.
\nFirst-zone motorlances based at Ratchaphiatphat Hospital, Bang Khunthian Elderly Hospital, and Luang Phor Thaweesak Hospital will cover Thawi Watthana, Bang Kae, Talingchan, Phasi Charoen, Nong Khaem, Bang Khunthian, and Bang Bon districts.
\nSecond-zone motorlances at Siriraj and Taksin hospitals will cover Bangkok Yai, Chom Thong, Klong San, Thonburi, and Bangkok Noi districts.
\nIn the third zone, motorlances at Chulalongkorn, Lerdsin, and Charoen Krung Pracharak hospitals will cover Thung Khuru, Rat Burana, Yannawa, Bang Kho Laem, Bang Rak, Sathorn, Pathum Wan, and Watthana districts.
\nFourth-zone motorlances at Vajira Hospital will serve Dusit, Bang Phlat, Phra Nakhon and Bang Sue districts.
\nFifth-zone motorlances at Ramathibodi, Rajavithi, and BMA General hospitals will serve Phya Thai, Pom Prab (Sattru Phai), Samphanthawong, Din Daeng, Huay Kwang, Ratchathewi, and Chatuchak districts.
\nThe sixth zone (Bhumibol Adulyadej and Mongkutwattana hospitals) covers Don Muang, Sai Mai, Lak Si, Lat Phrao, Bang Khen, and Wang Thong Lang.
\nThe seventh zone (Nopparat Rajathanee Kumklao, Sirindhorn, Lat Krabang, Wetchakarunrasm, and Klong Sam Wa hospitals) covers Prawet, Bang Na, Saphan Sung, Suan Luang, Lat Krabang, Bang Kapi, Khan Na Yao, Min Buri, Nong Chok, and Klong Sam Wa districts.
\nChadchart said traffic congestion and narrow sois or alleys make it hard for ambulances to reach critical patients in time, so the motorlance project was launched under the city\u2019s \u201cnine excellences\u201d to boost life quality.
\nThe project is backed by the Motorlance Thailand Network, a non-profit group that encourages the use of emergency motorbikes to save life.
\nRiders will be equipped with tools to make preliminary diagnoses. They can send back information to the Urban Medical Support Centre (UMSC) of the National Institute for Emergency Medicine in real-time through cameras.
\nUMSC doctors can then give life-saving instructions and determine whether patients should be picked up by an ambulance later. This will also help non-critical patients save time and hospital travel costs.
\nThe weekend\u2019s BMA Expo 2023 offered several activities to promote health, including health checks and online consultations, as well as training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR.<\/p>\n
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