Police officers meeting in the police line. hundred police
Jagran correspondent, Ghaziabad. A meeting was organized at Police Lines on Sunday with a view to provide quick and effective medical aid to the injured in road accidents. In the meeting, the Police Commissioner directed all the police station in-charges to work towards reducing the death rate by ensuring medical assistance to the injured in road accidents within the golden hour.
During this, it was also told that the person who takes the injured to the hospital will be kept free from legal trouble and an incentive amount of Rs 25,000 will be given as a reward. The injured will be provided free treatment facility up to Rs 1.50 lakh and for a maximum of seven days in the nearest government or private hospital. All police station in-charges and in-charges of Critical Corridor (CC) teams of 14 police stations identified under the Zero Fatality District (ZFD) program participated in the meeting. Police officials said in the meeting that if the injured gets prompt and proper treatment within the first hour after a road accident, the chances of his survival increases manifold.
This objective is one of the major goals of the ZFD programme. During this time, all the police station in-charges were directed to work responsibly to prevent road accidents and provide immediate assistance to the victims. Detailed information about Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victim Scheme – 2025 was given in the meeting.
Under the scheme, a person injured in a road accident will be provided free treatment facility up to Rs 1.50 lakh and for a maximum of seven days in the nearest government or private hospital. The objective of the scheme is to ensure that no injured person is deprived of treatment due to financial reasons.
Provision to give incentive amount of Rs 25,000
The person who takes the injured person to the hospital in an accident will be kept free from any kind of legal trouble under the Good Samaritan Law. To encourage such people, there is a provision of giving an incentive amount of Rs 25,000. So that people come forward to help the injured without any fear as a matter of humanity.
Information about the Integrated Road Accident Database System was also given in the meeting. Under this system, scientific and digital data of road accidents is collected. By analyzing the causes of accidents, effective prevention will be possible in future. All police station in-charges were instructed to run awareness campaigns about the scheme and related laws in their respective areas.