Shillong, April 0: To commemorate National Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Day, GVK EMRI – Meghalaya operations organized a Free Health Camp in collaboration with Mr. Ricky Shullai, MDC of 15 – Mawprem – Laban constituencies. The health camp was held at Lawsohtun Community Hall, Shillong, and Meghalaya on the 1st of April, 2017.
Mr. Ricky Shullai presented certificate to the EMTs during the health camp and he highly appreciated their work in providing emergency medical care to the public.
The job of an EMT is multifaceted within an emergency environment – like providing pre hospital care at the scene and en-route to the hospital with an aim to save lives by utilizing emergency care equipment, mobile communication and the ambulances. Currently GVK EMRI has more than twenty thousand EMTs on its roll, across the country where the108 service is operational of which ten percent are female EMTs.
EMT day is an occasion to recognize, reward and appreciate their commitment towards the mission of saving lives. The medicine for the health camp was provided by the office of the Director Health Service (MI) and a total of two hundred and fifty one people attended to take the benefit of the free medical health camp.
