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These numbers will be administered by BPC in 14 municipalities, whose territories are served by the ambulance station of the city of Panevėžys.
From Friday at 9 pm calls to the abbreviated telephone numbers 03, 103 and 033 of the city of Panevėžys, the district of Panevėžys, the district of Biržai, the district of Kupiškis, the district of Pasvalys, the district of Rokiškis, Anykščiai district, Marijampolė, Kalvarija and Kazlities Rūda municipalities will be diverted to Vilnius and the Telš district General Assistance Center branch, Mažeikiai district, Plungė district and Rietavas municipalities – to the Klaipėda branch of the General Assistance Center.
“After answering the calls, the staff of the General Assistance Center will know the address of the place, the main complaint and will pass this information along with the call to the ambulance dispatchers, who will continue the call and ensure an adequate response to the request for assistance, “BPC said in a statement.
The center director Audrius Čiuplys emphasized that the procedure for receiving calls does not change substantially and this will not affect the quality of services.
“Already today, about 42 percent. Calls to the ambulance service were registered through the General Emergency Center,” he said.
According to the schedule approved by the Ministers of Health and Interior in March this year, BPC must take over calls to communication numbers 03, 103 and 033 throughout the territory of Lithuania in separate stages before March 31 of 2021.
As of October 1, 2021, there will only be one emergency phone number for all requests for assistance in Lithuania: 112.
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