The police have stepped up surveillance on the operation of private ambulances in Kuppam Assembly constituency which borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, in the wake of incidents of carrying of bodies on motorcycles by the family members of deceased owing to non-availability of ambulance services in Tirupati district in the recent days.
Many road accident victims who get critically injured need immediate ambulance services for shifting to hospitals in the neighboring States. Around 20 private and government hospitals in the tri-State junction of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu cater to the need of the accident victims.
In case of emergency, people in Kuppam constituency that spreads over the rural areas of Ramakuppam, Shantipuram, Kuppam, and Gudupalle immediately think of the PES Medical College Hospital. Some medical practitioners refer patients to the Government Area Hospital at Kuppam and the other private hospitals.
