With a view to help road accident victims who often do not get medical aid in time, some citizens have launched a unique initiative. They have launched Jeevan Suraksha Prakalp (JSP) that will educate autorickshaw drivers to give first aid and take other measures to rescue victims and take them to hospitals without aggravating the injuries.
According to the NGO, autorickshaw drivers are often the first at the scene of an accident. They can and many times do rush victims to nearest hospitals as ordinary people fight shy of doing so fearing police hassles. In fact, they play a major role in reducing fatalities, said Raju Wagh, founder president of JSP. "We would also provide first aid box to autorickshaw drivers across the city," he said and added it would also organise training programmes for the drivers on how to give first aid and to handle victims properly.
He pointed out that autorickshaw drivers were present on the roads all the time. "This is why we want to train them," he said. The kit would be provided to autos operating from busy squares including the 22 accident prone junctions and T-points across the city. As a start, NGO on Sunday organised an awareness programme at Padole Hospital square.
Rajesh Wankhede, another office-bearer of JSP, said many times time autorickshaw drivers and others refuse to help victims fearing harassment by police. A few autorickshaw drivers present at the square told TOI that they were viewed with suspicion at hospitals both by its staff and the police when went to admit the injured. "On many occasions, police suspect us of stealing belongings of the victims," they complained.
The NGO assured the drivers that it would raise this issue with the police so that they (autorickshaw drivers) were not made a part of the case just because they brought the injured to hospital. A dedicated team of lawyers and doctors would also be formed the help both autorickshaw drivers and patients.
Dr B A Padole, general physician, who too was present during the programme, said autorickshaw drivers should be credited with saving lives of a number of people involved in accidents.
He said that traffic cops could minimize accidents if they were deputed at busy junctions. "But they (the cops) prefer to hide at squares just to be able to catch traffic offenders," he added.
According to the NGO, autorickshaw drivers are often the first at the scene of an accident. They can and many times do rush victims to nearest hospitals as ordinary people fight shy of doing so fearing police hassles. In fact, they play a major role in reducing fatalities, said Raju Wagh, founder president of JSP. "We would also provide first aid box to autorickshaw drivers across the city," he said and added it would also organise training programmes for the drivers on how to give first aid and to handle victims properly.
He pointed out that autorickshaw drivers were present on the roads all the time. "This is why we want to train them," he said. The kit would be provided to autos operating from busy squares including the 22 accident prone junctions and T-points across the city. As a start, NGO on Sunday organised an awareness programme at Padole Hospital square.
Rajesh Wankhede, another office-bearer of JSP, said many times time autorickshaw drivers and others refuse to help victims fearing harassment by police. A few autorickshaw drivers present at the square told TOI that they were viewed with suspicion at hospitals both by its staff and the police when went to admit the injured. "On many occasions, police suspect us of stealing belongings of the victims," they complained.
The NGO assured the drivers that it would raise this issue with the police so that they (autorickshaw drivers) were not made a part of the case just because they brought the injured to hospital. A dedicated team of lawyers and doctors would also be formed the help both autorickshaw drivers and patients.
Dr B A Padole, general physician, who too was present during the programme, said autorickshaw drivers should be credited with saving lives of a number of people involved in accidents.
He said that traffic cops could minimize accidents if they were deputed at busy junctions. "But they (the cops) prefer to hide at squares just to be able to catch traffic offenders," he added.
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