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Tamil Nadu Accident & Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI)
March 19 , 2019
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- 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.
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