Gurugram, Feb. 21 -- The health department in Gurugram have set a target to bring 75% of hospitalisations in the city under public ambulance services this year, said officials. The plan formed by the district administration in January, accessed by HT on Friday, states that currently only 9.8% of crash and trauma-related emergencies are currently handled by public ambulances. On October 2025, HT reported that a pregnant woman was allegedly denied ambulance services due to a shortage of fleet. According to the district's health department's data from January 2026, Gurugram has 28 ambulances, including seven basic life support (BLS), eight advanced life support (ALS), 10 patient transport ambulances (PTAs) and the remaining three are non-emergency carriers to serve a population of above 2,500,000 residents The plan states that 41.7% of accident victims are transported to hospitals in private vehicles and 36.4% in private ambulances. Other than private and public emergency response vehicles, around 2.3% of emergency cases are currently handled by police vehicles and another 1.5% cases account for non-hospitalisations. The data for the remaining 7.6% emergency cases was unavailable in the plan. "The findings were presented before experts during the last road safety meeting held in January. An action plan to rely on evidence-based emergency response measures was also discussed," said a senior health department official. A trauma care team will also assess the need for additional ambulances or trauma centres within 15 minutes' driving distance. Meanwhile, the state is expected to receive another 129 ambulances by June this year. A tender was floated in this regard earlier in January this year....