Water Boat Ambulance

Y4D Foundation in collaboration with Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd. Handed over “Water Boat Ambulance” at Dal Lake, Srinagar under the project Aayushman Aadhar. Mobile Water boat ambulance will be available in Dal lake in order to tackle the health-related emergencies occurring at the place where people have a lack of convenience to transport, hence suffer losses due to the prevailing situation. This boat will provide the initial first aid to the patients especially the underprivileged people, and will later help in transferring the patients to the nearby point of care.
This is a distinct initiative aimed at catering to the needs of the people who are living in dal lake with their families. In order to reach for the initial first aid or a PHC nearby, a person has to travel a distance of about 5 km, which could prove to be dangerous amidst any medical emergency. There are about 900 houseboats currently present in Dal lake that during the season get tourists who could face medical emergencies at any hour of the day.
According to a survey, Dal lake reports at least 2-3 emergency cases every month, throwing the limelight to the immediate need of an initiative which could help the families living nearby. This water Boat ambulance will cater to about 20,000 persons mainly from about 1500 families of houseboat owners, operators, and the service personnel living along the bank and behind the houseboats.