{"id":47930,"date":"2023-09-06T11:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/?p=47930"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:14:29","slug":"punjab-govt-to-offer-free-treatment-to-road-accident-victims-during-first-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/punjab-govt-to-offer-free-treatment-to-road-accident-victims-during-first-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNJAB GOVT TO OFFER FREE TREATMENT TO ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIMS DURING FIRST 48 HOURS"},"content":{"rendered":"

AS PART OF FORTHCOMING FARISHTEY SCHEME, PERSON TAKING ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIM TO HOSPITAL WILL BE HONOURED AND REWARDED WITH RS 2000: DR BALBIR SINGH<\/strong><\/p>\n

CM BHAGWANT MANN LED PUNJAB GOVT WILL ENSURE WORLD-CLASS HEALTH FACILITIES AT ALL GOVT HOSPITALS IN STATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

PUNJAB HEALTH MINISTER EXHORTS PEOPLE TO GIVE WAY TO AMBULANCE, KEEP FIRST AID KIT IN THEIR VEHICLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

HEALTH MINISTER DR BALBIR SINGH INAUGURATES TWO-DAY WORKSHOP AND TRAINING ON ROAD SAFETY ORGANISED BY LEAD AGENCY ON ROAD SAFETY<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHANDIGARH, September 5 (Press Ki Taquat)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With an aim to make maximum use of the \u2018Golden Hour\u2019 to save precious lives of road accident victims, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led the Punjab Government has decided to provide free treatment to all road accident victims within the first 48 hours of the mishap as part of the Farishtey scheme, said Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh here on Tuesday. Golden hour is the first crucial hour after a road accident, during which time if a seriously injured person is given critical care, their chances of survival increase highly.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIrrespective of domicile of the person, Punjab Government will treat all the road accident victims as one and will ensure free treatment at nearby hospitals including private hospitals during the first 48 hours of the accident,\u201d he said, while adding that the treatment expenses incurred on the treatment in first 48 hours will be reimbursed by the government.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Balbir Singh was addressing the inauguration session of two-day Workshop and Training on Road Safety organised by Lead Agency on Road Safety at MGSIPA here. He was accompanied by Director General of Lead Agency on Road Safety R Venkat Ratnam, ADGP Traffic Amardeep Singh Rai and State Transport Commissioner Moneesh Kumar.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Divulging more details about the forthcoming flagship Farishtey Scheme, which is at the final stage, the Health Minister said that anyone taking the road accident victim to the hospital for treatment will be honoured and rewarded with Rs 2000. There will be no questioning by police or hospital authorities from the person, who brought the road accident victim to the hospital, until and unless he himself wants to become an eye witness.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He said that the Punjab Government has also been establishing a system wherein all the ambulances including government and private will be linked together like OLA\/Uber, so that people in an emergency can avail services of Ambulance in as little time as 15 minutes. \u201cWe are also identifying government hospitals situated at the state highways to establish and activate the robust Critical Care Units so that people can avail World-Class Treatment at Government Health Facilities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Health Minister also exhorted people to \u2018Give Way to Ambulance\u2019 and always keep \u2018First Aid Kit\u2019 in their vehicles, as this small initiative could save your or someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director General of Lead Agency R Venkat Ratnam in his welcome address stressed the need for safe and forgiving roads, road-worthy vehicles and properly trained drivers on roads in the state because these are prerequisites for any road safety. He also stressed the need to develop a mechanism which can provide prompt emergency care to all accident victims.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He said that the Punjab State Road Safety Council will tie up with PGI to give training to trauma care doctors and para-medical staff.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ADGP Amardeep Singh Rai said that Punjab is all set to become the first state in the country to introduce the \u2018Sadak Surakhya Force\u2014 a special team dedicated towards road safety\u2019 under which new hi-tech vehicles will be provided and a separate uniform has been designed for Police Personnel. \u201cWe really hope that this big initiative by the state government will help to save precious lives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meanwhile, State Transport Commissioner Moneesh Kumar exhorted the people attending the workshop to become master trainers and disseminate among the general public what they have learned at this two-day workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AS PART OF FORTHCOMING FARISHTEY SCHEME, PERSON TAKING ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIM TO HOSPITAL WILL BE HONOURED AND REWARDED WITH RS 2000: DR BALBIR SINGH CM BHAGWANT MANN LED PUNJAB GOVT WILL ENSURE WORLD-CLASS HEALTH FACILITIES AT ALL GOVT HOSPITALS IN STATE PUNJAB HEALTH MINISTER EXHORTS PEOPLE TO GIVE WAY TO AMBULANCE, KEEP FIRST AID KIT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9852,14176,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-cover-story","category-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47932,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47930\/revisions\/47932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}