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Radio Communication System Serving Ambulance Service in Sri Lanka. Need for an emergency communication system.
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Radio Communication System Serving Ambulance Service in Sri Lanka
Need for an emergency communication system • Ordinary telephone systems get overloaded when great numbers of people place calls into and out, following disasters. Therefore a reliable “fail safe” communication system is a vital tool health care system especially following disasters. • Fast communication is a vital in managing critical care patients.
VHF Radio System based on Gampaha District General Hospital • VHF radio communication equipments are provided to the ambulances working for District General Hospital, Gampaha and the ambulances from four other peripheral hospitals Divulapitiya, Minuwangoa, Biyagama and Dompe. • This system make it easy to contact any ambulance mobiling within the Gampaha district and adjoining Colombo District at any moment without any delay. • The system has been proven its usefulness immediately following disasters and even during other emergencies to find an ambulances quickly to transport the critical patients.
Amateur Radio Serving Health Service…. • The project was an idea came from a Amateur radio operator (4S7HG), and a medical doctor who is working for state health sector. The project was funded by the Medical Amateur Radio Council of the USA. • Amateur radio has found a simple but very sustainable solution to the communication gap between the ambulance service and health care centers, saving lives.
Hemantha Gamage (MBBS, MSc) 148/4c, Sooriya Mawatha, Battramulla . Sri Lanka. +94-773154458/+94-11-2879486 Amateur Radio Call Sign – 4S7HG