Founded in 1999, the Pune Heart Brigade (PHB) recently completed eight years of EMS. It was in 1999 when Arun Kudale, member of Rotary Club of Pune South, leading the Rotary International District 3130 as Governor learnt about EMS and its need. Soon, the Pune Heart Brigade’ was formed as a public charitable trust. It came into being in August 1999 as a service project.

“It’s quite an expensive task to set up a service like the EMS. The families of two of trustees, Arun Kudale and Rajabhau Chitale, donated one-fully equipped ambulance each. Dr Dhananjay Kelkar and Dr Prasad Rajhans came forward to take up the challenge of providing EMS service. Thus, PHB could launch its EMS at the Sanjeevan Hospital. This has been the first EMS launched by an NGO in India,” stated a press note.