HYDERABAD: The state government is making no efforts to break the logjam between the striking 108 ambulance service employees and the GVK-EMRI.With the strike entering 19th day on Friday, the GVKEMRI was not able to operate more than 30 ambulances out of the 715 on each day.The striking employees told Express that the 108 services have been affected in 14 districts in the state as all their employees have been on strike from September 12 and the management was operating the services in some places by hiring outside employees.108 Employees Association general secretary Ch Varaprasad said that on an average an ambulance in the state attends 5 emergency cases every day whereas in the state capital each ambulance attends 10 to 12 cases a day.With 715 ambulances in operation across the state, they used to attend nearly 3,600 cases per day, Prasad added.With all the ambulances goinf off the road, more than 3,600 cases go unattended in the state every day including emergency cases, Prasad said.
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