Karnataka Launches Government-Owned Emergency Healthcare Management System
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- •Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the government-owned 108 Arogya Kavacha Centralised Command and Control Centre in Bengaluru on May 25, 2026.
- •The new command centre is a unified, technology-driven platform integrating ambulance dispatch, emergency helplines, and healthcare coordination.
- •The 108 Arogya Kavacha service is Karnataka's free emergency ambulance network, which was launched in August 2008 under a public-private partnership model.
- •The government plans to extend the centralised dispatch mechanism to include State-sector ambulances and "Nagu Magu" ambulances used for transporting mothers and newborns after delivery.
- •The next phase of the project would introduce connected ambulances equipped with IoT and biotelemetry systems capable of transmitting patient vitals to emergency response doctors in real time.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on May 25, 2026, inaugurated the government-owned "108 Arogya Kavacha Centralised Command and Control Centre" in Bengaluru, marking a significant transition in the state's emergency healthcare management system. The initiative, announced in the State Budget for 2025-26, aims to strengthen emergency medical response services through a unified, technology-driven platform integrating ambulance dispatch, emergency helplines, and healthcare coordination. The 108 Arogya Kavacha service, Karnataka's free emergency ambulance network, was launched in August 2008 under a public-private partnership model and was being operated by GVK EMRI. The service functions round the clock across all 31 districts and caters to medical, trauma, and obstetric emergencies.
