If you've spent most of your life in Bangalore, it would be no means to you that more than 2000 people die every year in road accidents. What you may not know is that the number of casualties would reduce drastically if adequate care is provided at the right time.

 

Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore is equipped with some of the best technologies and medical professionals in the country. Its 24-hour emergency and trauma care is geared to meet all the medical and surgical emergencies, including poly trauma. All you have to do is to pick up your phone and dial 1066. You could save someone's life.

 

1066 is an emergency service available round the clock from your land line and your mobile. The 1066 ambulances are equipped with advanced life support equipment and manned by trained personnel, indeed a virtual "Hospital on wheels". There is an effective communication between ambulances and emergency facilities, where virtual patient data/ECG is transmitted to emergency centers by GPRS compatible defibrillators facilities and treatment starts at the site. Commonest emergencies like Heart Attack, Stroke (Brain Attack), Poisoning, Burns is the first sixty minutes after the occurrence of any kind of trauma. It is widely believed that the victim's chances of survival are at its greatest if they receive definitive care within the first hour after a severe injury.

 

 

IN EMERGENCY DIAL 1066 :

 

  • It is a toll free helpline provided by Apollo to the Nation in 2003.
  • It is accessible from landline and mobiles.
  • Trained doctors in the control rooms will handle your calls.
  • We have a wide network of ambulances that are available round the clock.
  • The ambulances are placed at strategic locations to cover whole of Bangalore.
  • The ambulances will be dispatched to the site as early as possible.