Radio Communication System Serving Ambulance Service in Sri Lanka

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Radio Communication System Serving Ambulance
Service in Sri Lanka
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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.

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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.

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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.

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• Hemantha Gamage (MBBS, MSc)
• 148/4c, Sooriya Mawatha, Battramulla .
• Sri Lanka.
• 94-773154458/94-11-2879486
• Amateur Radio Call Sign 4S7HG