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- 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.
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