Amit Ambulance

Our base is over on S V P Road in the Girgaon area. We are parked up near the Marwadi Vidhyalaya, which is a big school nearby. Being near Prarthana Samaj makes it easy to explain to people where we are, though the traffic in this part of Mumbai is usually pretty bad. We don't have a big corporate office; it’s more of a functional spot where we coordinate the ambulance calls. Most of our time is spent in the vehicles or waiting for the next phone call to come in. It can be a bit stressful when the phone rings at odd hours, but that is just the nature of the job. The street noise is constant—horns, people shouting, and the school kids during the day. We know the shortcuts around Girgaon and the back lanes near the school to avoid the worst of the jams. The staff here is just a bunch of regular guys who know how to handle the equipment and get through the city. We keep the ambulances clean and ready to move at a moment’s notice. It’s not the kind of job where you sit at a desk all day. We are usually out on the road, dealing with hospital entries and navigating the tight turns of S V P Road. It’s honest work and we just do our best to get where we need to be without getting stuck in the Girgaon gridlock.