Tamil Nadu Accident & Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI)
March 19 , 2019 2002 days 3067 0
State Crime records bureau of 2017 indicated Tamilnadu accounted for 10.1% of the total road accident fatalities in the country.
With the coordinated efforts of various stakeholders such as the police, health and transport officials, fatalities in road accidents in Tamilnadu have dropped by 24.39% in 2018.
TAEI was created under the Health department to coordinate with various stake holders and avoid casualties.
TAEI has integrated government medical college hospitals, district headquarter hospitals and government hospitals working in various locations across the State.
Every TAEI centre has a designated trauma nodal officer and nurse coordinators on duty at all times.
The efforts were recognised by the Supreme Court-appointed committee on road safety, which recently suggested that other States emulate Tamil Nadu’s initiatives.