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	India: Trauma Centres to Come up at Major Airports
	Kolkata: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to build trauma centres at all major airports in the country, including Kolkata, in order to facilitate early emergency medical intervention for critical patients coming into these cities for specialised treatment. “In emergency medical situations, response time is critical in patients' chances of survival. The trauma centres are being planned keeping this in mind; they will be set up through public private partnership (PPP) mode,” Mr. V P Agarwal AAI Chairman said. “Though the proposal is still at a preliminary stage, the idea is
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	India: At Stanley, all Crisis Care soon to be Under One Roof
	Chennai: A new multi-storey block at Government Stanley Hospital will house all emergency and trauma care facilities under one roof, making it the hospital’s crisis centre. Work on the 6-storey building is nearing completion, and the Public Works Department (PWD) will hand it over to the hospital by the end of this month, officials said. “The hospital caters to a large population in north Chennai. When the building opens, it will boost emergency and trauma care as it will have state-of-the-art facilities, including zero-delay wards, operation theatres and postoperative wards, all under one roof,” said hospital dean S. Geeth
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	India: Ambulance on Jaipur NH Soon Just a Phone Call Away
	New Delhi: If you spot an accident or meet with one on Delhi-Jaipur highway, you just need to call 1033 to get an ambulance. The service scheduled to start in the next fortnight will be managed by a call centre which will be linked to 11 life support ambulances on this 260-km stretch. A top road transport and highways ministry official said that at least 390 signage on this stretch will be placed mentioning the toll-free telephone number. "The department of telecom has allotted this number for emergency calls across the all national highways. We are now pursuing the plan to see that people can use this number all ove
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	India: Health Department to Launch Toll-Free Helpline
	Mangalore: With an intention to help the patients in rural areas, the health department will introduce toll-free helpline 104 which can be accessed by people across the State, from next week, Health Minister U T Khader announced on June 7 Friday. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a programme in Ullal, the Minister said the helpline serves three purposes viz., to deliver information to people about the location of the nearby hospitals, suggest medicines for particular disease in case of emergencies and receive public complaints about hospitals and the health department. The helpline has begun functioning on trial basis two d
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	India: Dial 103 for Traffic Emergencies
	Guwahati: The spiraling traffic violations and accidents on the streets of Guwahati have cost many human lives and traffic police are constantly trying to update themselves to deal with modern-day challenges. As part of their latest initiatives, they have decided to launch a dedicated phone number - 103 - to deal promptly with traffic emergencies in the Kamrup (Metro) district area. "After the 24-hour facility is introduced in the city, traffic police will be able to deal with emergencies faster. The department has also taken up steps to train people to deal with traffic emergencies. Pedestrians are usually the
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India: Trauma Centres to Come up at Major Airports

India: At Stanley, all Crisis Care soon to be Under One Roof

India: Ambulance on Jaipur NH Soon Just a Phone Call Away

India: Health Department to Launch Toll-Free Helpline

India: Dial 103 for Traffic Emergencies

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