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Patent Granted Invention - A computer-implemented method for providing healthcare services to a patient in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment is provided herein. The method initiates with receiving, at a connected healthcare system, a plurality of health parameters of the patient by at least one health monitoring device, wherein the health monitoring device continuously monitors the health parameters of the patient to form a real-time health record of the patient. Further, the method determines any critical health conditions based on the received health parameters of the patient and generating a critical event identifier upon determining the critical health condition, wherein the critical event identifier includes a set of parameters describing the criticality of the patient and the location of the patient. Further, the method extracts a list of suitable hospitals and available ambulances near to a location of patient according to the critical event and selects the hospital and ambulance according to the critical event identifier and thereon transfers the health record of the patient to the selected hospital and ambulance. Finally, the method initiates a communication session with the selected ambulance to pick up the patient.