With my building complex just adjacent to the Eastern Express Highway,one of the busier roads in Mumbai that leads towards Thane city,I have got accustomed to the blaring of the horns and I have a ringside view of the bottleneck traffic at peak hours.
It is very often that I hear the sirens of ambulances making their way through the traffic.Even as a young child,the blinking lights of the ambulance or the fire engine fascinated me and they do so even now.I move towards the window to see the ambulance moving ahead with sirens and blinking lights.
What is saddening is that the other vehicles do not care to make way for the ambulance and so the vehicle is stuck in the traffic.Imagine the plight of the poor patient and his/her near and dear ones for whom even a few minutes can make the difference between life and death!Even the blaring sirens and the blinking lights fail to help the ambulance move further at the speed it should.Everyone is in a race and they all want to be the first ones to reach the finish line.Even if there is an ambulance in their midst,who cares?
What goes on in the minds of the drivers of these vehicles ?Do they think that their appointments are far more important than the life of the patient at stake?God forbid,what if it was one of their loved ones in those very ambulances..........would they still fail to make way for them?
I must say there are, but a few, who do make it a point to move out of the way when they see an ambulance or fire truck that needs to move ahead.How I wish everyone realizes that just a little understanding on their part can make the difference to a patient.So next time you hear the sirens of an ambulance behind your vehicle,do make way for it.
It is very often that I hear the sirens of ambulances making their way through the traffic.Even as a young child,the blinking lights of the ambulance or the fire engine fascinated me and they do so even now.I move towards the window to see the ambulance moving ahead with sirens and blinking lights.
What is saddening is that the other vehicles do not care to make way for the ambulance and so the vehicle is stuck in the traffic.Imagine the plight of the poor patient and his/her near and dear ones for whom even a few minutes can make the difference between life and death!Even the blaring sirens and the blinking lights fail to help the ambulance move further at the speed it should.Everyone is in a race and they all want to be the first ones to reach the finish line.Even if there is an ambulance in their midst,who cares?
What goes on in the minds of the drivers of these vehicles ?Do they think that their appointments are far more important than the life of the patient at stake?God forbid,what if it was one of their loved ones in those very ambulances..........would they still fail to make way for them?
I must say there are, but a few, who do make it a point to move out of the way when they see an ambulance or fire truck that needs to move ahead.How I wish everyone realizes that just a little understanding on their part can make the difference to a patient.So next time you hear the sirens of an ambulance behind your vehicle,do make way for it.
Nice blog! You write very well :)
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