Chandigarh: In compliance with the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Haryana police has launched a new initiative under which accident victims will now receive free treatment in the initial golden hour.
Under this scheme, treatment up to Rs 1.5 lakh per person per road accident is provided free of cost for a maximum period of 7 days from the date of the accident. In this regard, ADGP Hardeep Doon has written a letter to all the concerned officers of the state asking them to ensure compliance.
DGP Shatrujeet Kapur said that making the roads of the state safe for the common people is one of
our priorities. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a better and effective action plan to reduce road accidents and work on them. In the same series, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has started providing free treatment facilities to road accident victims.
He said that this pilot project will be implemented jointly by the National Health Authority in coordination with the local police and hospitals contracted by the state health department. During this, the accident victim will be provided free treatment up to a limit of Rs 1.5 lakh for a maximum of 7 days under Section 162 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Under this scheme, the road accident victim is taken to the hospital. After this, the hospital management uploads the data of the injured person in their software and sends it to the concerned police station, after which the concerned police station confirms within 6 hours whether the injured person is injured in a road accident or not. After confirmation, the injured person is provided with cashless treatment.
