U.P. plans stabilisation centres on highways for trauma care of mishap victims
Hindustan TimesUttar Pradesh is planning to set up emergency stabilisation centres at every 50 km on highways in the state to provide required medical care to road accident victims in crucial ‘golden hour’, the first sixty minutes after a traumatic injury, to stabilise their condition before victims are referred to the nearest hospital for further treatment. “We have been asking the National Highway Authority of India to set up emergency stabilisation centres on all the highways under them, but they are avoiding doing it,” a senior transport official said requesting anonymity. “Now, we have decided to propose the same in the State Road Safety Council’s meeting to be attended by all the concerning departments, including the NHAI, so that the CM may issue directions for a policy on setting up stabilisation centres on national highways under the NHAI as well as on expressways and state highways under the state government agencies,” he added. reporting the highest number of road accidents deaths despite reporting a lower number of mishaps in the country,” the official said.
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