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: (i) Education; (ii) Enforcement; (iii) Engineering; and (iv) 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.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Islam, said, “I would like to commend GNRC and Dr Borah for facilitating this single platform for all stakeholders to assemble, discuss and formulate a solution for better management and care of road traffic accidents. It is imperative that the four Es collaborate to assess the situation and formulate the solution – as each of these disciplines brings a unique perspective to Road Safety, which is a community issue. An integrated approach, including defining clear roles and responsibilities for everyone would set the direction for a change in culture – a culture in which fatalities and serious injuries on our roads are not accepted as inevitable and which strives to prevent them from occurring.”
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 analyzing 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.
Dr Nomal Chandra Borah, Chairman and MD of GNRC said, “As conscionable members of society, we, at GNRC, aim to progress in the direction of our guiding principle – ‘Health for All and Smiles for All’, through the formulation of a roadmap with representatives from 4Es to curb road accidents in the region and by conducting a dedicated year-long programme with their support to ensure the health of young members of our society.”
Dr Navanil Barua, Director of Neurosurgery at GNRC requested the media personnel present to contribute by spreading the message of road safety as much as possible. “The primary cause of alarming number of road accidents is lack of adequate persuasive communication about road safety. Only media can help us take this message of road safety to the masses, and thereby serve the cause of society-building and nation-building,” he said.
EH News Bureau
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