The govt. has started a new scheme in which they will pay for the first 48 hours of treatment for a victim incase of an accident on the road. It has been first started as a pilot project on the Gurgaon-Jaipur highway.
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The programme, will be launched by Road Transport and Highway Ministry, aims to shift victims within 20 minutes of the accident taking place. 50 hospitals have been brought under this programme, on the NH-8 stretch of Gurgaon-Jaipur. This scheme will allow victims to get treatment in any of these hospitals for the first 48 hours, the govt. will pay the expenses upto a maximum of Rs 30000/-. If the person is insured, then the insurance company will pay. The idea is to ensure that victims get immediate treatment as chances of survival go up by 50% if the victim gets treatment within the first hour.
Eventually, the cashless scheme will be rolled out throughout the country, but first it is being tested on this stretch. The Gurgaon-Jaipur stretch was chosen as it is found to have the highest fatalities in the country. 2500 accidents and 260 deaths were recorded on this stretch itself.
The toll free no. is 1033 for calling an ambulance, which is supposed to give medical attention within 20 minutes of the call being made.
The recent global report on road safety by World Health Organization (WHO) claimed that the number of seriously injured being rushed to hospital was as less as 11 in every hundred in India. Even in the most ideal situation, only 49 in every 100 injured get ambulances. It said several countries had reduced road fatalities by improving ambulance facilities and immediate medical care to crash victims
Source: Cashless treatment of crash victims to start on Monday - The Times of India
The programme, will be launched by Road Transport and Highway Ministry, aims to shift victims within 20 minutes of the accident taking place. 50 hospitals have been brought under this programme, on the NH-8 stretch of Gurgaon-Jaipur. This scheme will allow victims to get treatment in any of these hospitals for the first 48 hours, the govt. will pay the expenses upto a maximum of Rs 30000/-. If the person is insured, then the insurance company will pay. The idea is to ensure that victims get immediate treatment as chances of survival go up by 50% if the victim gets treatment within the first hour.
Eventually, the cashless scheme will be rolled out throughout the country, but first it is being tested on this stretch. The Gurgaon-Jaipur stretch was chosen as it is found to have the highest fatalities in the country. 2500 accidents and 260 deaths were recorded on this stretch itself.
The toll free no. is 1033 for calling an ambulance, which is supposed to give medical attention within 20 minutes of the call being made.
The recent global report on road safety by World Health Organization (WHO) claimed that the number of seriously injured being rushed to hospital was as less as 11 in every hundred in India. Even in the most ideal situation, only 49 in every 100 injured get ambulances. It said several countries had reduced road fatalities by improving ambulance facilities and immediate medical care to crash victims
Source: Cashless treatment of crash victims to start on Monday - The Times of India