Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare provides assistance to State Governments under the scheme
“Capacity Building for Developing Trauma Care Facilities in Govt. Hospitals on
National Highways”, to augment and upgrade the accident & emergency
services in Govt. Hospitals along the National / State Highways with an aim
that no trauma victim has to be transported for more than 50 Km and a
designated trauma care facility is available at every 100Km.
The scheme was started
in the 11th Plan during which it was decided to cover the Golden Quadrilateral
Corridor (5846Kms) & N-S, E-W corridor-(7716 Kms) by establishing 140
trauma care facilities.
Under the 12th Plan, 85
more Trauma Care Facilities are to be established in government hospitals in or
around national and state highways, preferably in accident prone areas on those
highways and states not covered earlier.
Priority shall be
accorded to those existing Govt. hospitals in the State, which are within 100km
radius of the identified black spots and the mortality due to Trauma has been
consistently high there despite all possible road safety interventions.
These new Trauma Care
Facilities would be identified on the following national / state highways:
·
Connecting
two capital cities
·
Connecting
major cities other than capital cities
·
Connecting
ports to major cities
·
Connecting
industrial townships with capital city
In Jharkhand, District
Hospital, Hazaribagh (NH-2) was taken up for upgradation of Trauma Care
Facilities under the pilot scheme in the year 2006 and funds to the tune of
1.5cr were released to the said hospital for the same.
Under the 11th Five Year plan, Patilputra Medical College
Hospital, Dhanbad (NH-2) along with District Hospital, Hazaribagh (NH-2) were
identified for further upgradation of trauma care facilities and funds for
construction have been released to the said Hospitals. No timeline for
completion of various activities has been intimated by the respective
hospitals.
The Health
Minister stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
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