ST. JOHN AMBULANCE (INDIA) 95TH ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - 2016 1 St. John Ambulance (India) is a National Federation of thirty two State Centres, twelve Railway Centres, two Union Territory Centres, apart from over six hundred & seventy regional/district/Local Centres and eight Brigade Wings with over two thousand six hundred and seventy nine divisions and corps comprising more than fifty seven thousand six hundred trained personnel. Neither the headquarters nor the centres themselves constitute the organization. It is their collectivity that makes up the St. John Ambulance (India). They inspire, encourage and initiate at all times such humanitarian activities and service that are within its scope so that human sufferings are alleviated/minimized if they cannot be prevented. 2 3 4 5 6 ST. JOHN AMBULANCE (INDIA) President Hon’ble Shri Pranab Mukherjee (Hon'ble President of India) Chairman Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda (Hon’ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare) Govt. of India Vice Chairperson Dr. (Mrs) K. Gidwani- From 1st April 2015 to 25th February 2016 onwards National Council Members 1. Secretary to the President 2. Three members to be nominated by the President annually 3. Director-General, Railway Health Services 4. Director-General, Armed Forces & Medical Services 5. Director-General, Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare 6. Director-General, Home Guards & Civil Defence 7. Solicitor General of India, Ministry of Law 8. Honorary Treasurer 9. Secretary or his representative, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Social Welfare and Chief Relief Commissioner. 10. Commissioner-in-Chief, Surgeon-in-Chief/ Superintendent-in-Chief and Nursing-in-Chief of the Brigade 11. One representative nominated by each State/UT/Equivalent Councils annually in accordance with the rules made by the National Council with powers to co-opt other members. 12. Secretary-General (with powers to co-opt other members by the National Council.) 7 8 CONTENTS PAGE NO. Introduction 11 Summary of the activities of the Association and the Brigade Units 13 Assam 20 Bihar 23 Chhattisgarh 24 Dadra & Nagar Haveli U.T. 25 Delhi Brigade 26 Gujarat 34 Haryana 36 Himachal Pradesh 43 Madhya Pradesh 44 Maharashtra 46 Meghalaya 48 Odisha 51 Punjab 53 Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala 58 Rajasthan 60 9 No. 20, Southern Railway 61 Tata District Jamshedpur 64 Telangana State & Andhra Pradesh 65 U.T. Chandigarh 68 West Bengal 70 No. II (West Bengal) District Brigade 73 List of State Centres/UT / Railway and Brigade District Centre 74 10