population. What is needed is a championed effort to bring
everyone together towards the greater common good. Privatepublic
partnership, which is lacking today, seems to be the
most viable way to proceed if we want to develop a system
that not only works, but also avoids the mistakes of the past.
As a country of over a billion people, our needs and
resources differ from most other countries in the world. We
cannot simply hope to copy the established systems, but we
can surely hope to learn from them. By collaborating with
agencies worldwide, we can bring in the essential technical
expertise to truly reform the system.
Perhaps what is most essential to develop Indian
Emergency Medicine is to stimulate the young minds of
graduating physicians, nurses, and paramedics to see
Emergency Medicine as a career opportunity and to
influence decision makers to formulate policy conducive
to fair practice and training in emergency medicine.