Mysore: : District Health Officer Dr PC Kumaraswamy on Thursday launched the Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance facility services funded by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.HPCL) under CSR. Speaking after launching the services at the DHO office complex, he said that the facility will help the people of Hunsur and surrounding areas to use it during emergency operations, as the national highway connecting to Hunsur is witnessing increasing footfall. road accidents In recent years.The ambulance facility has basic life-support facilities including oxygen supply and a suction machine, and is equipped with other life-saving medicines.The newly launched facility will help around two lakh population of Hunsur taluk in addition to the other two ambulance services available to the people of the taluk. The launch of additional ambulance services helped transfer pregnant mothers from Hunsur to Mysuru for NICU care, as district health officials recorded four to five serious cases daily from Hunsur taluk.Health department officials Mohammed Siraj, Gopinath, Hunsur taluk health officer Dr Shivshankar, HPCL pipeline division executive director Ramesh, deputy general manager B Vijayakumar and others were present.