For decades, an ambulance based on the Maruti Omni, a common sight on Indian roads, has often been a lifeline in emergencies. Though small and featureless, it has served as a medical lifeline in rural and overpopulated urban locations where larger ambulances cannot fit. It costs less therefore and is less money to maintain and is readily accessible to many small clinics and NGOs. But it is missing many of the modern safety features and medical equipment that you’d find in more modern ambulances. So, the question arises how effective it is in the current healthcare scenario and if it’s continued use is a testimony to India’s resourcefulness or a lack of healthcare infrastructure.