St John Ambulance India
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St. John Ambulance India is the
St John Ambulance India is made up of: 23 State centres, 9 railway centres, 3 Union centres and over 670 regional, district and local centres of the Association. 29 districts comprising over 2,400 divisions and corps where St John volunteers are trained to deliver First Aid.
Primarily, St John Ambulance India delivers First Aid training and in 2010, St John India trained a total of 229,372 adults in First Aid as well as 2,593 children and young people and treated a total of 216,697 patients throughout the year.
Background
Surgeon-Major
St. John Ambulance (Parsi Ambulance Division) was first started in Bombay in 1902. St. John Ambulance activities started in Calcutta around 1905 and 1910.
St. John Ambulance National Activities started in 1912. In Bengal, when St. John Ambulance activities started, it had its units in all the districts of Bengal (including East Bengal, now Bangladesh).[2]
References
- ^ "India | Order of St John: The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem - Welcome to the website for the Order of St John". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "St John Ambulance".