Saving lives on Indian roads |
An Indian American surgeon is hoping to raise $25 million to train more than a million first responders in five years to prevent more than 1,000 deaths on Indian roads every day that cost the nation $50 billion annually.Rajasthan University-educated surgeon Dr. Dinesh Vyas, an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Michigan State University since 2011, has already trained more than 4,000 first responders in India using a $200,000 simulator dummy.He is now leading a strong international multi-disciplinary team to India from Dec. 26 to Jan. 4 to win support for the program from Indian auto, IT and healthcare industries by way of corporate social responsibility. This program will generate $5 billion business for auto, IT and healthcare industries and will save a lot of lives, according to Vyas . Trauma and roadside epidemic is one of the biggest health concerns for India. Unfortunately, it has been neglected for a long time and with a 3 percent annual increase in deaths, there are more than 1,000 deaths every day and 5,000 severe disabilities.Over the last eight years, Vyas’ team has established five centers in Rajasthan which have trained 2,000 first responders in person and another 2,000 through an online course with the help of 200 trainers under its umbrella.
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