[2] The ambulance service provides first aid to the patient and transport them to the nearest Community Health Centre or Government hospitals.
[6] After the success of 102 Emergency Medical Ambulance Services (OEMAS) in Uttar Pradesh, many states of Government of India also launched the 102 ambulance service for free referral transport of pregnant women and sick infants under Janani Sishu Surakhya Karyakram (JSSK) programme.
[8][9][3] In Odisha alone, the maternal mortality rate has gone 81 points down from 303 in 2006 to 222 in 2013 after the introduction of 102 ambulance service by the state government in private public partnership with Ziqitza Healthcare under the JSSK programme.
Some states use empanelled vehicles as 102 ambulance service namely Janani express in MP & Odisha, Mamta Vahan in Jharkhand, Nishchay Yan Prakalpa in West Bengal, and Khushiyo ki Sawari in Uttarakhand.
Of these around ninety lakh women have already benefited from the 102 services alone[6] JSSK programme has helped the National Health Mission (NHM) to substantially reduce the infant and maternal mortality rate across India.