About 600 persons met with hoary death in the
highways and other roads in the State of Kerala every year. Often
the victims are seldom taken to the hospital in time and death
occurs before expert medical attention is made available. The
governmental authorities have no set up to provide transportation
facilities to accident victims.
Rotary Accident Helpline Project is a
prestigious project for helping Road Accident victims on National
and State Highways get immediate attention within the golden hour in
well equipped Trauma Care Centres. A number of trauama care booths
equipped with ambulances and round the clock para-medical support
have come up on the National Highway 47 at in Tamil Nadu and
on State Highway at locations like Kanjikode, Malappuram, Calicut
and Quilandy.
The helpline at present stops at Vyttila,
Ernakulam in the State of Kerala within ROtary District 3200. The
attempt is to extend the line through the entire length of NH 47
passing through Rotary District 3200.
The Rotary Club of Alleppey East to provide a
trauma care booth at Alleppey by the side of NH 47. The total
project cost for the Club is Rs. 5,00,000.
The club project is expected to be launched in
December 2003 |