Govt rolls out cashless therapy scheme for all street crash victims | India Information – The Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Simply 4 days earlier than the Supreme Courtroom deadline, govt notified the free cashless therapy to all street crash victims throughout the nation. The scheme specifies that round 30,000 ‘designated hospitals’ onboarded by the state and UT govts with the Nationwide Well being Authority will begin instant therapy of injured introduced there.As per the scheme, govt will present as much as Rs 1.5 lakh help for cashless therapy for a most of seven days. The scheme, which got here into drive from Monday mentioned, “Any particular person being a sufferer of a street accident arising out of using motor automobiles occurring on any street, shall be entitled to cashless therapy.”The SC had pulled up street transport ministry for not notifying the scheme even 5 years after it was made a part of the amended Motor Automobile Act in 2019 and set a deadline for it to be notified by Fri. Earlier, the govt. was implementing pilot tasks throughout 4 states and two UTs. For nationwide roll out of the scheme, govt has allotted Rs 272 crore for 2025-26. As per Legislation Fee experiences, greater than 50% of street fatalities may have been prevented with well timed medical care.The scheme mentions that therapy at a hospital apart from a ‘designated hospital’ will likely be for stabilisation functions solely. Since all of the 30,000 designated hospitals empanelled by NHA could not have the trauma care facility, the notification mentioned in case the designated hospital deems that the therapy services or the experience needed for the right therapy aren’t accessible with it, such hospital could instantly refer the sufferer to a different designated hospital and point out the switch on the portal and in addition make preparations for the transportation of the sufferer.As per notification, a 17-member steering committee headed by street transport secretary will monitor the implementation of the scheme.