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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – It\u2019s not the most conventional way to get to hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city\u2019s ubiquitous three-wheeled autorickshaws into makeshift ambulances to ferry COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n

Actual ambulances are hard to come by as a devastating surge in cases overwhelms the healthcare system. Families have had to make their own arrangements including paying exorbitant amounts to private ambulance operators to take the sick to hospital.<\/p>\n

The Delhi government, in association with a non-profit organization, has kitted out more than a dozen autorickshaws with hand sanitizers and face masks, while oxygen cylinders are provided on a need basis. The service, which began officially on Tuesday, is free.<\/p>\n

Autorickshaw driver Raj Kumar has taken patients to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Delhi\u2019s largest facility, which is overflowing with COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must all help each other out at this time of need to get out of this situation,\u201d said Kumar, who wears a PPE suit. There is a plastic partition between him and the passengers at the back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf everyone stays home because they are scared, then who is going to help those in need?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohit Raj, founder and executive director of the Turn Your Concern Into Action foundation, said the response so far had shown the scheme needed more vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we are getting calls not just of COVID patients but from front-line workers who are unable to find patient conveyance, as well as from people with other ailments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Raj added he has received requests from other parts of the country to start services there.<\/p>\n

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