Chandigarh, July 27 -- Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, will now offer a free, dedicated ambulance service for senior citizens and bedridden patients.

The hospital will also hire six caretakers for patients in the emergency wing who do not have attendants to assist them during their hospital stay.

The decisions were taken during the fourth governing body meeting of Rogi Kalyan Samiti (patient welfare committee) that took place on Saturday.

In all, agendas worth Rs.3 crore, including help desks at OPD, gynae and emergency wards, were approved in the meeting.

Chaired by MP Manish Tewari, the meeting was attended by deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, UT health services director Dr Suman Singh, senior officials of the...