CHANDIGARH: A team of Park Hospital Mohali, including Dr Bhanu Pratap Singh director orthopedics and robotic joint replacement surgery, Dr Rohit Jaswal CEO, Dr Anil Sofat consultant neurosurgery, Dr Ankur Sharma consultant plastic surgery, Dr Ashish Sharma consultant GI surgery and Dr Jaya Sharma consultant emergency medicine addressed a press conference here on rising cases of road accidents & trauma services in North India.
Dr Bhanu Pratap Singh said, ” Ironically the road accidents dip 5% globally, increasing 15.3% in India in the last 12 years. It contributes to 83% of all traffic-related deaths in India. There is an urgent need to spread awareness of the golden hour period, where the first 60 minutes are most important in saving lives after an accident.
Dr Bhanu further said that Park Hospitals run North India’s biggest trauma program at Mohali, Patiala, Bhatinda, Ambala, Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal, Gurugram and Jaipur. The hospital’s trauma team consists of orthopedic surgeon, thoracic surgeon, GI surgeon, plastic surgeon, neurosurgeon, anesthetist and ER physician. All hospitals are fully equipped with OTs, in-house blood bank, and in-house CT/ MRI scan to deal with any kind of trauma injury.
Dr Ashish Sharma said, ” We need to take trauma accidents seriously as India reported over 460 deaths in a single day due to road accidents. India accounts for just 1% of global vehicular population but the country has the highest number of accident-related deaths across the globe.”
Dr Anil Sofat said that over speeding and not wearing seat belts are the major reasons behind fatal head injuries in trauma cases in India.
In addition to these drunken driving, jumping red lights, distraction to drivers, non-adherence to driving lanes and overtaking from the wrong side are other reasons for road accidents in India, Dr Sogat informed.
The two-wheelers are one of the most unsafe modes of transport as according to an UN Motorcycle Helmet Study, motorcyclists are 26 times more likely to die in a road crash than drivers of passenger cars, said Dr Ankur Sharma.
Wearing an appropriate helmet improves chances of survival by 42% and reduces the risk of brain injury by 74 %, Dr Jaya Sharma asserted.
Rohit Jaswal said, ” Park Hospital, Mohali is now empaneled with ECHS, CGHS, ESI, Ayushman Haryana and Himachal govts and all major TPA, corporates. All kinds of trauma surgeries and sports injury surgeries are routinely being done at Park Hospital Mohali.