GNRC to provide initial corpus from Corporate Social Responsibility CSR funds; Unveils GNRC Accident Card to provide treatment to accident victims
Dr Nazrul Islam, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Health & Family Welfare, Government of Assam,, recently launched the North East Association for Road Safety (NEARS) at the first North East Road Safety Summit organised in Guwahati by GNRC. GNRC will provide the initial corpus for the association, from the organisation’s CSR fund. At the summit, the Health Minister also launched a social service scheme titled GNRC Accident Card, which provides medical care to members – in the unfortunate event of an accident befalling them.
To address the pressing need for a solution to curb road accidents in the region, GNRC organised the North East Road Safety Summit. Dr Islam inaugurated the summit, where representatives from four Es: Education, Enforcement, Engineering; and Emergency Care assembled at the NEDFi Auditorium, to formulate a roadmap to tackle the menace of road traffic accidents in the North-East. Several representatives from education institutions, enforcement agencies, media and engineering services attended the event.
At the summit, Dr Atanu Borthakur, Director of Accident and Emergency department of GNRC Ltd presented the report on ‘State of Youth Health: Road Traffic Accidents – An Emerging Epidemic’, prepared by compiling and analysing data from records of over 25 years maintained by GNRC and various other publicly available sources. The report highlighted that young people aged between 15-44 years were the primary victims of road accidents in the state.