Ladakh launches 'Ladakh Sanjeevani Seva' with 73 ambulances mapped to all 248 villages

27 October 2026

The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh has launched Ladakh Sanjeevani Seva, a 24x7 ambulance service covering all 248 villages in all seven districts of the Union Territory. The service runs a fleet of 73 ambulances with trained drivers and is reached on the helpline number 108. Every village is mapped to a designated ambulance and driver, and each ambulance is linked to its nearest health centre. On average an ambulance is about 13 km from the villages it serves. District-wise deployment is 18 ambulances in Leh, 17 in Kargil, 12 in Changthang, 9 each in Sham and Nubra, and 4 each in Zanskar and Drass. Health workers recorded expected delivery dates village by village, and over 1,100 pregnant women are now on a centralised database linked to the ambulance nearest to them. The service also supports patients with cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, stroke and serious lung disease who need repeated hospital visits.