Election campaigning and nomination filing process in Telangana have affected the movement of ambulances, leading to delays in reaching critical destinations. This delay in response time raises concerns about the potential threat to the lives of patients being transported.
Ganesh (name changed), a private ambulance driver who regularly transports patients on the Nizamabad-Hyderabad route, encountered this challenging situation twice within the last two days.
On November 9 and 10, while transporting critically-ill patients from the district to AIG Hospital, Gachibowli, the ambulance got stuck in a crowd near the Old Collector’s office in Nizamabad. The crowd had formed due to the nomination filing of candidates in the district, forcing the ambulance to spend approximately 40 minutes navigating through the congestion.
