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Health
India's Emergency Care Gap: Critical Minutes Lost Between Accidents and Hospitals
✍️ ThePrint
🗓 27 Oct 2026, 05:09 AM
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A new report highlights the critical gap in India's emergency care system, emphasizing the crucial minutes lost between accidents and hospitals.
A recent report has shed light on a critical issue plaguing India's healthcare system: the significant delay in providing emergency care to accident victims. The report emphasizes the crucial minutes lost between the time of an accident and the arrival of medical assistance at the scene. This delay, often attributed to factors such as inadequate infrastructure, insufficient trained personnel, and long ambulance response times, can have dire consequences for patients, potentially leading to worsened injuries and increased mortality rates.