Modi stresses need for Emergency Medical Care System

Rajkot, Aug 3 (UNI) Gujarat Chief Mininster Narendra Modi has stressed the need to develop an Emergency Medical Care System in the state by providing various levels of care to the trauma and other emergency patients.

Addressing people last night at Hemu Gadhavi Auditorium after the inauguration of N M Virani Wockhardt Hospital here, the first comprehensive Super Speciality Hospital in Saurashtra, Mr Modi expressed hope that the objective will be achieved soon by establishing a public/private partnership to develop the proposed system. The state government was planning to set up a state-wide network by establishing Emergency Medical Care Response Service, he said and added state would also set up tele-communication facilities for the purpose.

Earlier, Gujarat CM has laid the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Public Health, a project worth Rs 140 crore, in Gandhinagar yesterday.

The Chief Minister has said due to incredible increase in number of vehicles in Gujarat and number of fatalities as a result of automobile accidents could be reduced by establishing pre-hospital care to the injured victims. He said pre-hospital care and organised system would play a crucial role in saving the lives of critical patients.

The Chief Minister claimed that due to the cleanliness drive (Nirmal Gujarat) launched in the state, epidemics have reduced by 30 per cent as compared to last June-July 2006.

UNI