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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which state government has launched the boat ambulance service for remote areas? Notes: The Odisha government has launched a boat ambulance service to ferry patients to hospitals in remote areas. The service includes six boat ambulances and 60 jetties with walkway.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Border Security Force on Wednesday launched a boat ambulance service for the people of the erstwhile “cut-off” area in Malkangiri district of Odisha. The area with a difficult topography was considered to be a bastion of the Maoists and now has been renamed as Swabhiman Anchal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Contact numbers for the service will be displayed on the boat ambulance while contact numbers of BSF officers will be circulated among the villagers. The boat is equipped with medical oxygen cylinders, drip system, emergency medicines, a doctor, paramedical staff and stretchers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan commissioned the first-ever marine ambulance named ‘PRATHEEKSHA’ at Vizhinjam village of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Pinarayi Vijayan. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has inaugurated state’s first marine ambulance named Prateeksha at Cochin Shipyard Limited. This special boat is intended for rescue operations and care of fishermen in distress at sea.