Two thirds of Ho Chi Minh City residents do not know that telephone number 115 is for the city ambulance service, a study by the Trung Vuong Emergency Hospital has found.
Dr Huynh Thi Thanh Trang of the hospital’s emergency department said as a ratio more men know about 115 than women.
People aged between 15 and 30 know about the service more than those in other groups as do office workers, civil servants, and students, she said.
The survey found that most people who do know about 115 learnt about it from newspapers, TV, or the internet.
Trang revealed that even people who do know about the service prefer to take their relatives to hospital themselves.
“They are afraid the congested roads might delay the ambulance. Many take a taxi to hospital.”
The hospital explained that when people call 115 from the city, they are connected to the emergency department and an ambulance dispatched.
If the call is from outside the city, the hospital calls the nearest district hospital to seek help.
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