Mangaluru: As many as 109 road accident victims in Mangaluru city have benefited from the PM-Rahat scheme, which provides cashless medical treatment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh, Mangaluru city police commissoner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said.The scheme, launched nationwide on Feb 13, through the Union ministry of road transport and highways, aims to ensure that financial constraints do not delay emergency medical treatment for road accident victims.Under the scheme, victims are eligible for cashless treatment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for a maximum of seven days from the date of the accident. The benefit is available to citizen injured in road accidents occurring on any road.To avail the facility, the injured person must be admitted to a hospital within 24 hours of the accident, and treatment must be initiated under the scheme.The system is integrated with the eDAR and TMS 2.0 digital platforms to facilitate real-time monitoring of treatment and police verification. The scheme is funded through the Motor Vehicle accident fund.In the Mangaluru city police commissionerate limits, the necessary technical infrastructure was put in place at hospitals from July 21, to facilitate the implementation of the scheme and record treatment-related information.Including Mangaluru city, a total of 172 road accident victims across Dakshina Kannada district have received cashless treatment under the scheme, making the district the highest beneficiary in the state, the commissioner said.The police urged the public to ensure that road accident victims are taken to the nearest hospital without delay and encouraged them to make use of the cashless treatment facility available under PM-Rahat.
