Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Right to Health
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Develop a computerized information base at all levels of health care to help in perspective
policy planning and networking.
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Government could set-up a National Trauma Registry for data collection and analysis.
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Information dissemination to all of the existing facilities for EMS health care utilization.
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States develop proposals for up-gradation of EMS.
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Training in EMS be organized in the Medical Colleges and other regional areas.
7.9 Long-term measures that need to be taken up within 5 years:
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Implementation of the proposed recommendations of the National Accident Policy.
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Setting-up a well-equipped trauma centre with trained staff at the regional and
national level.
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All District Hospitals should have specialized multidisciplinary trauma care facilities.
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Establishment of Emergency Medicine as a speciality.
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Dedicated communication—toll free number to respond in case of emergency, which
should be common for the entire nation.
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A communication call centre as well as an ambulance equipped and staffed to be stationed
every 30 kms on the Golden Quadrangular Road Project. Emergency care centres manned
by paramedical staff should be established every 50 kms. All the National Highways
should also have the same facilities.
7.10 These recommendations were sent to Health Secretary, Director General of Health
Services, Government of India and Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories on 12-
05-2004 (Annexure-7) for taking necessary action thereon. The responses from the States/
Union Territories of Kerala, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Haryana, Punjab, Pondicherry, Gujarat,
Tripura, Uttaranchal, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Delhi have
been received.
7.11 All these State Governments have accepted the recommendations of the Expert Group
to have a comprehensive medical care system. Some State Governments have established
and many State Governments are in process of establishing the Trauma Care Units in their
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