Ambulance booking through ‘Odisha Yatri’ soon

BHUBANESWAR: People in the state can soon book an ambulance through the ride-hailing mobile app ‘Odisha Yatri’. The Odisha government is planning to integrate the ambulance services with its homegrown cab aggregator app.

The Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department, in coordination with the State Transport Authority (STA) and Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), is working on modalities to onboard ambulances on the ONDC-based platform to improve access and last-mile healthcare delivery. Odisha Yatri is a direct-to-driver app implemented by the state government. There is no commission or middle-men and the users’ pay goes 100 per cent to the owner of the vehicle.