Click to play videoAhmedabad: A doctor by profession Dr Subroto Das is the founder of the Lifeline Foundation that works to save the life of highway accident victims.
Many a times accidents are witnessed on the city road or highway, but most people move past as they don't have the time or don't have the energy to get involved in Police matters. This indifference towards others causes many to lose their lives on the highway.
On August 27, 1999, Dr Subroto Das and his wife were driving on the National Highway 8 to Baroda when their vehicle crashed into a tree.
The couple was seriously injured in the accident, and waited for help, but it was almost after four hours that help arrived. While Das and his wife survived, the incident shook them up.
Dr Das speaks about the accident, " Unfortunately the night our accident took place there was no help, but today if one calls — 9825026000 on Gujarat highways, an ambulance will reach the place of the accident within 20 minutes."
Each year more than 90,000 people die in road accidents on the highways because of delayed evacuation. Das took on the challenge of catering to this problem by setting up lifeline foundation — a highway rescue project that promises help to all accident victims in exactly 20 minutes.
"The first step was to ensure that help reached during the golden hour, upgrading the existing providers, hospitals and ambulances. And making sure there is an uniform single number existing on the highways," he says.
Upon receiving a distress call, the central control room in Baroda notifies the nearest ambulance from the site of the accident. Then a hospital is informed to remain prepared to receive a patient, while simultaneously a Police station is also informed.
Dr Das Plans to do more and extend these services to other parts of the country as well.
So the next time there is trouble on the highway, help could be just a phone call away.
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