<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai flagged off 120 ambulances in Bengaluru today that will be part of a fleet of 710 ambulances operating under Arogya Kavacha 108 scheme.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After the induction, the state now has 275 Ambulances with Advanced Life Support System.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The state Health Minister Dr. K Sudhakar has said that the ambulances under the 108 scheme will be given a facelift with GPS and mobile app to ensure that the ambulances reach the patient within 10 to 15 minutes.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The technologies will help the ambulances to track the nearest hospital and bring in transparency.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The minister said that at present it takes 30 to 45 minutes for the ambulance to reach the patient in urban areas and more in rural areas.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He informed that at present there is one ambulance for every one lakh population which will be increased to one ambulance for every 45 to 50 thousand population.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On vaccination, the minister said that the state will soon reach the five crore milestone as the state is administering about 3.8 lakh doses of vaccine each day on an average.</span><br />