Ziqitza Rajasthan : Why Indian Metro Cities Need More Ambulances?
                     Ziqitza Rajasthan : Why Indian Metro Cities 
Need More Ambulances?
If we disregard the title, all cities in India need more ambulances as there is an 
unbelievable shortage of everything related to the medical sector in India. But 
metropolitan cities in particular like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai have 
the utmost need of increasing their ambulance numbers as well as their 
quality. 
However, one would expect ambulance services to be decent in major 
commercialized cities, right? Well, that’s debatable. Sure there is a much 
better chance that an emergency will be acknowledged and tackled quickly in 
comparison to rural areas of the country, but overall the emergency services 
or even metro cities of India are incomparable to those of the USA, Japan, or 
the UK.
Many factors come into play when we talk about why Indian metro cities need 
more ambulances, but they are mainly high population density and high 
demand. These two factors are responsible for the major emergency 
inadequacy of metro cities that like to masquerade as ‘developed regions’ in 
the I.T hub of the world.
 
High Population Density
The four metro cities of India namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata 
come under the most densely populated areas of the country. A larger 
number of humans mean a larger number of human errors, resulting in a 
larger number of accidents, which in turn require a larger number of 
emergency services that can tend to them. 
In addition to basic maths that dictate a larger number of accidents that can 
occur in densely populated areas, there is also the added factor of 
occupational risks. Metros tend to be industrial hubs that employ onsite and 
office workers alike.
This leads to various injuries and accidents happening across the board. 
Factory equipment can malfunction causing death and destruction or an 
office building may be burnt to the ground. The possibilities of accidents 
occurring in a densely populated area are higher, but these things in metros 
can make the probability of an accident occurring go significantly up.
Most major corporations have their base of operations set up in these 
metropolitan cities. And as research indicates, large corporate workers are 
under a higher danger of accidents occurring, be it mental or physical. That’s 
the biggest reason why a metropolitan workforce is in greater danger than 
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High Demand 
As established earlier, metropolitan cities have a higher population density. 
Coupled with a population that is comparatively better educated than the 
rest of the citizens of the country, and makes more money than the rest of 
the citizens of the country, emergency ambulances and services are in great 
need in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. 
Some good news to hear is that all 4 metro cities have reported a slight 
surplus of ambulances required. According to the WHO, a city like Delhi 
should have had 196 ambulances in 2019 whereas the city reported 234 
active ambulances, with similar patterns in Mumbai and other metros as 
well. But numbers can cast strong illusions on the grazing mind. A deeper 
study by AIIMS in 2012 revealed that a mere 13% of the state’s ‘working 
ambulances’ in Delhi had advanced life-supporting equipment to be used 
in critical conditions, while 7% had basic  life-supporting equipment with 
no drugs or ventilators. All others had no life support system at all.
How Does Ziqitza Help?
There is a great need for modernized ambulances in metros as being the 
industrial hubs of the country; it is appalling how poor the situation for 
emergency services is right now in these cities. That’s why Ziqitza Limited 
ambulances are equipped with the best life-saving equipment to improve the 
quality of Indian ambulances. 
The company has already signed up over 50 corporates from various sectors 
including E-commerce, Manufacturing companies, Insurance, IT, Real estate, 
FMCG amongst others. 
Aiming to become a “one-stop solution” for corporate wellness & holistic 
healthcare for corporates, ZHL offers turnkey solutions that include 
Ambulance at Site, Wellness at Workplace, Telehealth Services for 
Employees, Medical Rooms, Doctors on Site, and Occupational Health 
Therapies, among others.
Ziqitza Limited ambulances are constructed with sharp precision to ensure 
the safety of its patients and paramedics who risk their lives to take care of 
others. They are the best in the market and are fitted with oxymeters so that 
the patient can be kept at bay till he/she reaches the hospital. The 
paramedics are professionally trained and wear Hazmat suits for a COVID 
case emergency. Separate ambulances are used for COVID cases and non-
COVID cases.
Ziqitza Healthcare operated MMUs (mobile medical units) are the future of 
emergency ambulance services. They are essentially a commercial tempo 
traveler turned into a medical transportation unit capable of housing much 
more advanced life-saving tools than an ordinary ambulance. They are 
especially useful in a country like India which has innumerable medically 
unequipped inaccessible areas. Ziqitza plans to launch them all over the 
country but for now, our MMUs provide preventative and curative healthcare 
in remote and inaccessible regions of Madhya Pradesh.
In addition to offering private services, Ziqitza Healthcare ltd is also involved 
in a private-state service with state governments across the country. ZHL is 
Partnering up with the state government to provide state of the art 
ambulances and diligent emergency call services to the local people so that 
preventable tragedies do not occur. In the states of Madhya Pradesh and 
Odisha, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Sikkim. Ziqitza Healthcare ltd operates the 
104 health helpline to assist citizens with minor ailments and mental 
distresses.
ZHL has currently more than 10,000 people working tirelessly, day and night, 
to serve people in India. ZHL is currently operating more than 3300 
ambulances across 16 states and has served more than 24 million people to 
date. 
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