Admn puts cap on ambulance charges

LUCKNOW: The district administration on Friday capped the charges of the ambulances engaged in transportation of Covid patients in Lucknow. The administration made it clear that regular ambulance, ambulance with oxygen support and ambulance with ventilator support could not charge more than Rs1000, Rs1500 and Rs2500 respectively for a distance of 10km.

“We have fixed the fares of the ambulances engaged in the transportation of Covid patients,” said Abhishek Prakash, DM. Officials said the move was an outcome of the frequent complaints of over-charging from the ambulance drivers. The administration order further directs the ambulance operators, including those operating regular ambulance and the ones with oxygen support, not to charge more than Rs 100 per kilometre after 10km.

The order says that the ventilator equipped ambulances would not charge more than 200 Rs per kilometre after 10km distance.

The order stated in case ambulance operator charged more than the prescribed amount, people could report on 112 help line number and also on 9454405155.