New Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday pitched for a national trauma care policy for road accident victims and stressed on the need for political commitment to achieve a rapid decline in road injuries.
Addressing the Transport Ministers' Forum on Road Safety organised by the International Road Federation (IRF) here, he said the possibility of use of novel methods for quick relief in remote areas such as air ambulances and well equipped mobile clinics should be explored.
The Health Minister said that the government is committed to bringing down a significant and rapid decline in road injuries and planning at all levels for capacity creation has been done with the involvement of all sectors.
Nadda further that it was important to create enhanced capacity and infuse knowledge of road safety-related actions among bystanders, roadside facilities such as dhabas and among commercial truck drivers who were most often the first on accident sites and were the first responders.