Only 3 of every 10 calls to ‘108’ a med emergency

Only three of every 10 calls received at the state-funded emergency management research Institute (EMRI) or ‘108’ report a medical emergency. While nearly half the calls the agency receives are termed “ineffective”, one-fifth of the remaining calls are non-emergency calls, performance reports published by the National Rural Health Mission in Tamil Nadu revealed.

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