The Tamil Nadu Government’s Innuyir Kaappom programme, which was introduced to attend to those injured in road accidents by providing them the right medical assistance in the golden hours in the government or government medical college hospitals, particularly those who were not escorted by their families, has so far saved 3,469 people.
The government has spent ₹4.25 crore on radiological investigations and specialised medical treatment, including surgery, for those injured in road accidents, according to the officials attached to the Department of Public Health.
“Since families of these accident victims are living in other places, no one accompanied them as they were brought to the hospitals for treatment. Without waiting for the arrival of the families, treatment was started immediately. As Innuyir Kaappom scheme ensures the right line of free medical treatment in the first 48 hours after the accident, the critically injured are rushed to the hospital within the golden hours and saved,” say the doctors.
