A vehicles that saves lives :

Sahaya acknowledges the need of road accident victims in emergency. As per a statistics of the Department of Road Transport and Highways in 2003, 67033000 vehicles were registered and were running on the Indian roads. 406726 accident cases were registered in the police stations in which 85998 people were killed. Incidentally, India holds the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of road accidents in the world. According to the experts at the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NTPRC) the number of road accidents in India is three times higher than that prevailing in developed countries. The number of accidents for 1000 vehicles in India is as high as 35 while the figure ranges from 4 to 10 in developed countries.

As we observe on an average, 10 accident cases are registered only in Capital Hospital daily. We also have analyzed that due to non attendance and instant assistance many victims die on the spot or at the hospital. Sahaya has been running two road accident help lines – one from Baramunda Bus stand to Khordha and the second one is from Bhubaneswar city to Pipli. An emergency ambulance service equipped with necessary first aid and oxygen facilities saves the lives of many a victim of road accidents.

Secondly we rescue a number of destitute patients from the street corners of Bhubaneswar. The service is operated 24 hours. With the ambulance service we transport these patients at night and during the day. Some patients do just need a comfortable transportation due to their acute health condition. The ambulance service is therefore imperative to address these issues.

Objectives of the Project :

The ambulance provides following services.

1. Transports the road accident victims from the accident spot safely.

2. Transports the destitute patients from the street corners.

3. Transports the serious patients from Capital Hospital to Cuttack Medical College.

4. Reaching out to the emergency patients in emergency with medical help.

5. Save the lives during natural disasters.

Modus Operandi :

A volunteer is in charge of the ambulance. The ambulance is kept ready at the Capital Hospital premises for the required services. The ambulance service is opened for the needy people round the clock – night and day with volunteers.

A trained driver drives the ambulance who is extensively trained on first aid and road accident rescue operation. A trained volunteer always travels with him to rescue the road accident victims and destitute patients.