NEW DELHI: If you spot an accident or meet with one on Delhi-Jaipur highway, you just need to call 1033 to get an ambulance. The service scheduled to start in the next fortnight will be managed by a call centre which will be linked to 11 life support ambulances on this 260-km stretch.
A top road transport and highways ministry official said that at least 390 signage on this stretch will be placed mentioning the toll-free telephone number. "The department of telecom has allotted this number for emergency calls across the all national highways. We are now pursuing the plan to see that people can use this number all over the country. The beginning would be made on Delhi-Jaipur highway where we are trying to ensure quick arrival of ambulances on spot. If people don't get ambulances in time, the toll-free number has no use," he added.
The official added that once the call centre receives information of any accident, it would immediately inform the ambulance deployed close to the mishap site and ask it to reach there immediately. The call centre executives will also inform the local police for immediate action. The highway stretch between Delhi and Haryana-Rajasthan border is perhaps the deadliest highway corridor in the country. At least 250 lives were lost in 2011 only in the Haryana portion.
The provisions to have a centralized call centre and deployment of more ambulances are a part of the ministry's pilot project to provide free and cashless immediate medical care to accident victims. The scheme, likely to be launched by this month-end, aims to rush ambulances with trained staff within 10 minutes of any accident. A private insurance major, which has is implementing the project, has roped in hospitals along to the highway stretch to provide immediate care under the cashless scheme.
Source : TNN
A top road transport and highways ministry official said that at least 390 signage on this stretch will be placed mentioning the toll-free telephone number. "The department of telecom has allotted this number for emergency calls across the all national highways. We are now pursuing the plan to see that people can use this number all over the country. The beginning would be made on Delhi-Jaipur highway where we are trying to ensure quick arrival of ambulances on spot. If people don't get ambulances in time, the toll-free number has no use," he added.
The official added that once the call centre receives information of any accident, it would immediately inform the ambulance deployed close to the mishap site and ask it to reach there immediately. The call centre executives will also inform the local police for immediate action. The highway stretch between Delhi and Haryana-Rajasthan border is perhaps the deadliest highway corridor in the country. At least 250 lives were lost in 2011 only in the Haryana portion.
The provisions to have a centralized call centre and deployment of more ambulances are a part of the ministry's pilot project to provide free and cashless immediate medical care to accident victims. The scheme, likely to be launched by this month-end, aims to rush ambulances with trained staff within 10 minutes of any accident. A private insurance major, which has is implementing the project, has roped in hospitals along to the highway stretch to provide immediate care under the cashless scheme.
Source : TNN
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