Delhi Government to help Accident & Acid victims

New Delhi, Dec 13: In a move to help people the Delhi government has decided to bear all hospital expenses of victims of road accidents, burns or acid attacks. The State government has approved new policy after the decision was taken by the cabinet headed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The government said that "it had fixed no upper limit on the cost of treatment and all victims — irrespective of domicile, and even foreigners — will be eligible to get free treatment in any Delhi hospital, government or private if the accident takes place in the capital."

Health minister Satyendra Jain has said that "Our aim is to save as many lives as possible. Even when a private hospital is located nearby, many accident victims are taken to government hospitals and often the 'golden hour' is lost in transport".

Minister added that "victims can be taken to any private hospital nearest to the accident site. Private hospitals will not seek any money from such patients or their relatives for treatment".