Trauma care comes to Mumbai

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Trauma care comes to Mumbai
By Harsh Kabra in Mumbai

Mumbai street scene
The streets of Mumbai have long needed emergency care services
Despite its alarmingly high road-accident rate, the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has until now had no emergency medical service to treat victims in the vital first hour.

In India overall, medical assistance eludes 80% of victims in the so-called "golden hour" of trauma treatment.

Many have to wait for a good Samaritan or are bundled into available transport, aggravating their injuries.

Now 10 non-resident Indian trauma specialists working in the United States are seeing their proposal for a new service in Mumbai come to fruition.

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