Health Ministry to roll out trauma care for accident victims: Nadda
Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the 3rd World Trauma Congress and said his ministry will soon come up with a National Injury Control Programme to provide trauma healthcare to accident and injury victims.
Pointing out that road traffic injuries were among the three leading causes of death of people in the 5-44 years age group, Nadda said: "Unless immediate and effective action is taken, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death in the world, resulting in an estimated 24 lakh deaths each year."
According to the health ministry, road injuries and deaths levy an economic cost of up to 1.5 per cent of the Gross National Product (GNP) in the low and middle income countries.
"The figure for India is close to 3 per cent of the GDP. As per the latest statistics, in India 52 persons died every hour in various accidents in 2014. The major causes of accidental deaths in India are traffic accident, drowning, poisoning and accidental fire. India has the highest road crash mortality in the world," said Nadda.
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