| The Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre to formulate a comprehensive cashless treatment scheme for motor accident victims across the country. This directive underlines the urgent need to make our road safety ecosystem more responsive, accessible, and inclusive—particularly in those crucial “golden hours” when lives can be saved with immediate medical attention.
Every year, India witnesses over 1.5 lakh fatalities and countless injuries due to road accidents, according to data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. A significant proportion of these deaths occur not due to the severity of the injury itself, but because of delays in receiving prompt medical aid—often exa |