National policy for emergency and trauma care on the table
trauma care system which will be woven into the Ayushman Bharat scheme to expand its outreach to people at the lowest levels and reduce cost of emergency services.
The move is aimed at providing worldclass emergency services to prevent large numbers of deaths from road accidents and providing trauma care in other emergencies, including disasters.
The plan is to develop a national policy for triage (preliminary assessment of patients or casualties) while laying out standardised protocols for care, establishing world-class ambulance services with effective paramedics and significantly enhancing the number of blood banks.
Niti Aayog is in talks with stakeholder ministries, including ministries of health and family welfare and road transport and highways, to develop a strong, holistic ambulance-emergency-trauma care system, a senior government official told ET.
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« Back to recommendation storiesI don't want to see these stories becauseSUBMIT“The thrust will be to substantially increase emergency and trauma care infrastructure in India and reduce the outof-pocket expenditure on health emergencies,” the official said. According to the Aayog, India witnesses a huge burden of emergency and trauma cases, which have a high proportion of the young who are often the sole bread-earners and inflicts high out-of pocket-expenditure.
“These measures will help India achieve its target across multiple Sustainable Development Goal aims, including halving the number of global deaths
