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Kolkata: The state Transport department is all set to provide trauma care ambulances to various municipalities and administrative officials from various districts, so that the accident victims can be given proper medical attention while being transported to the hospitals. State Transport minister Suvendu Adhikari is expected to distribute the trauma care ambulances among the beneficiaries at Paribahan Bhawan – II in Kasba on January 22. The municipalities which will receive a trauma care ambulance in the first phase are Murshidabad Municipality, Dhuliyan Municipality, Kharagpur Municipality and Kaliyaganj. Apart from the municipalities, the District Magistrate of Jhargram will also receive a trauma care ambulance, which will be used for ferrying road accident victims to the hospitals. An additional secretary of the Transport department has also written to the secretary of the state branch of Indian Dental Association to take a trauma care ambulance from the minister..