A collaborative effort is needed not only by the medical
community, but also by other agencies to reform the
emergency response system in India. With India burdened
by the most traffic accidents in the world, it is important to
fight this problem with awareness drives among the general
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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.