Ambulance demand in Kathmandu- " According to a study by Patan Hospital, of patients arriving at emergency rooms, only 10% arrive by ambulance. 54% arrive by taxi. only 10% of them arrive by ambulance."
Social and economic consequences - "Recent estimates from the Nepal Community Emergency Preparedness Group concluded that Nepal loses about 530,000 Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per year to injury. By projecting current trends, injuries are estimated to become the 3rd most common cause of DALY loss in Nepal by 2020, as compared to the 9th most common cause currently."
Source: NAS Website , Picture Source: Nepali Times
What is Nepal Ambulance Service (NAS) ?
"NAS is an independent non-profit initiative which offers ambulances equipped with specialised life-saving equipment and trained emergency medical technicians in Kathmandu and Patan. NAS's dispatch center provides emergency pre-arrival instructions and there are 14 on-call emergency physicians for medical consultations." source: Click here to read ( Nepali times)
Objective of Nepal Ambulance Service - Click here to watch the video (must watch video to understand the objective of NAS)
NAS - Current Financing and Revenue Source :
- Donations from Nepali industrialist and other businessmen to buy Ambulances
- Revenue Source : "The service will charge Rs. 20 Per - Kilometer (one way only) as per the Nepal Government Rules." (Source: NAS WebSite)
- The Website also mentions- " In order to make the services of NAS available to everyone, including those who do not have the means to pay, NAS will seek funding to cover the needy. In my opinion :
- NAS should replicate ZHL business model, which has a revenue model that is self sustainable ....... Like ZHL , NAS can possbile attract Impact investment investment s too from ACUMEN FUND.............................
- NAS current strategy requires grants/charity to add more ambulances .... I think it will be hard to scale up with this strategy.....
- Case Study 1: Business Model explained Columbia Business School
- Case Study 2 - Ziqitza Healthcare Limited: Scaling Emergency Medical Services across India ..CLick here to read
- Case Study 3 : Acumen Fund: Valuing a Social Venture ( Interesting investment model) click here to read
1 comment:
Hi Thanks for sharing the blog it important for the people to know about the ambulance service because it really helpful for saving the life of other people like that I share some experience when I went to the Hapur and run the car at National Highway than suddenly a honda city car overtake my car and he driving roughly then suddenly I saw that this honda city car strike in the tractor trolly and get damaged, then I stop the car and call the Flymed Rescue Ambulance Service In half an hour the ambulance come and take the patient away to the hospital.
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