NITI Aayog released a two comprehensive report titled – Reports on current status on Country level- secondary and tertiary level and district level emergency and injury care in India.
It was based on a study carried out by the Department of Emergency Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi.
The report, surveyed the status of emergency and injury care in the country’s secondary, tertiary and district-level hospitals.
It found that although 88 per cent of hospitals had in-house ambulances, only 3 per cent had the trained paramedics needed to assist ambulance services.
Only three to five per cent of beds in district hospitals across India are reserved for emergency care.
Around 94 per cent of hospitals had no point-of-care labs (for simple tests), 76 per cent lacked separate access for ambulances, and 68 per cent hospitals lacked adequate spacing for the emergency department.