In the past decade, over one million people have been killed in road crashes in India. Every four minutes, one person dies in a road accident somewhere in the country. While there are various reasons why road crashes occur in the first place, what is truly alarming is the number of deaths that occur due to delay in medical care. \r\nThe Law Commission of India in its 201st report, ‘Emergency Medical Care to Victims of Accidents and During Emergency Medical Conditions and Women under Labour’, notes that “50 per cent of the fatality can be averted if victims are admitted to a hospital within the first one hour”. This translates to 70,000 lives which can be saved every year with timely medical care. Ambi, the driver, could have been saved from medical complications if all stakeholders and the bystanders had brought him immediate help. |
