As part of National Road Safety Month observations, Sanjay Orthopaedic Spine and Maternity Centre and SHEWA Society organized a webinar on the concluding day of National Road Safety Month on Wednesday.
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Gaurav Sanjay disclosed that one-fourth of the patients suffering from road accidents die and only a quarter of people are able to recover despite good treatment, while others have some residual disability. Due to which, not only the victims but also the economic condition of the country is deteriorating.
He pointed out that while cause of the corona epidemic is the COVID 19 Virus, which is so microscopic that we cannot see it, so we cannot kill it, but the factors causing road accident, which are the drivers in 90 percent times in the road accidents, can be caught by the traffic police and such people should be punished and penalized as per law without letting them go.
Padam Shri Dr. B. K. S. Sanjay, who has been awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India this very year , told during the webinar that while COVID 19 is a very severe pandemic which has affected the whole world, road traffic accidents too are killing many people who are bread earners for their family. Many-a-times road traffic accidents can be prevented by following traffic rules. Hence we must seriously look into how the prevent these accidents.
Dr Sanjay has quoted certain comparative facts which are eye opening like COVID 19 has infected 10937320 people while only 155949 people died that means 1 out of 100 died while according to WHO 2019 report 437,396 road traffic accidents happened and out of that 1,54,732 people died, thereby meaning that 1 out of every 3 road traffic accidents victim died.
Thursday, 18 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
