Discover how the government is taking proactive steps to provide cashless treatment to victims of road accidents, aiming to alleviate financial burdens.
Pilot program for cashless treatment of road accident victims
Go to source). The pilot programme, which has been developed under the aegis of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), is being initiated in Chandigarh and is aimed at establishing an ecosystem for providing timely medical care to the victims of road accidents, including during the 'golden hour'.
Trauma Care
Accident and trauma care is an important public health challenge that requires immediate attention. Injury (trauma) is the leading cause of death for all age groups under the age of 44.
Accident and trauma care is an important public health challenge that requires immediate attention. Injury (trauma) is the leading cause of death for all age groups under the age of 44.
‘Victims will receive cashless medical treatment up to Rs 1.5 lakh per person per accident, covering a maximum duration of 7 days from the accident date. #accident’
The National Health Authority (NHA) will be the implementing agency for the pilot programme, in coordination with police, hospitals and the state Health Agency concerned.
Cashless Treatment for All Road Accident Victims
The broad contours of the pilot programme are that it will be applicable to all road accidents caused by the use of motor vehicles on any category of road, the AB PM-JAY packages for trauma and polytrauma cases being co-opted, and claims raised by hospitals for providing treatment will be reimbursed from the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund.The programme will be implemented through an IT platform combining the functionalities of the eDAR application of the MoRTH and the Transaction Management System (TMS) of the NHA.
The expansion of the cashless treatment facility to the entire country will be considered based on the outcome of the pilot programme, the statement added.
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