Medical Services at Nationl Highways

The Government has asked National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to set up call centres for help to road accident victims on the National Highways. Also, in order to give a boost to emergency care of the accident victims, three pilot projects has been launched by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways i.e. one each on Gurgaon - Jaipur section of NH 8, Vadodara - Mumbai -of NH - 8 and Ranchi -Mahulia of NH 33 for providing cashless treatment to road accident victims for 48 hours at expenditure up to a limit of Rs. 30,000. GPS enabled ambulances connected with a central control room through a toll-free number 1033, are stationed at intervals of 20 km to transport the injured to the hospitals for treatment within the 'Golden Hour'.