From Left : Dr. Santy Sajan, COO, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road; Dr. Rahul Menon, COO, Apollo Hospitals OMR; Mr Arup Sinha, Executive Director, IOCL, Southern Region flagging off the car rally.
From right : Mr Arup Sinha, Executive Director, IOCL, Southern Region flagging off the car rally, Dr. Pradeep, Chief medical officer of Mahindra & Mahindra from flagging off the car rally from Apollo Hospitals Greams road.
Apollo Hospitals organizes Car Rally for Road safety Awareness
• Emergency specialists on a rally from Chennai to Kanyakumari
• Awareness talks and first response training on route
Chennai 1st February 2021: Emergency specialist team from Apollo Hospitals Greams road set off on a car rally today to create awareness on the importance of “Road Safety” observing the National Road Safety Month. Participants highlighted the importance of following road safety norms in places through which the rally passed and also conducted workshops with first response tips. The car rally was flagged off by Dr. Rahul Menon, COO, Apollo Hospitals OMR, Dr. Santy Sajan, COO, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Mr Arup Sinha, Executive Director, IOCL, Southern Region, Dr. Pradeep, Chief medical officer of Mahindra & Mahindra from Apollo Hospitals Greams Road.
To spread awareness on road safety among the people and to reduce road accidents in Tamil Nadu, Apollo Hospitals Chennai has organized the four day long campaign on National Road Safety. This awareness programme is aimed at sensitizing people across Tamilnadu on various road safety principles to follow in order to avoid fatal incidents while using roads including Avoid Rash driving, Don’t Drink & Drive, Use helmet/ seatbelt, Avoid fatigued driving, Avoid Cell phones and Follow rules while crossing roads.
The members of rally took the safety pledge and drove to Kanyakumari from Chennai. The five car convoy along with an ambulance started on 1st February 2021 will reach Kanyakumari and will be culminating on 4th February 2021 at Chennai.
Speaking during the event Dr. Dhavapalani, Head Emergency, Apollo Hospitals and the lead of the convoy said, “India has the dubious distinction of leading the world in terms of deaths due to road accidents. To make this statement worse most of the deaths occur among young individuals. One good this about this massive problem is that it is very much preventable. To put in perspective wearing a helmet, wearing seatbelts and adhering to the road safety rules will save many more lives than what the medical fraternity can achieve. It is in expensive and it prevents deaths. Let us commit to road safety.”
The rally will impart public awareness, especially at RTO’s and offices of Superintendent of Police across the state and provide hands on training on Basic Life Support & First Aid and distribute leaflets at 49 identified Toll Plaza on route. With the support of Police Department and Lions Clubs International other NGOs Road Safety Awareness leaflets were distributed at 30 identified signals in Chennai city today as a part of the awareness program.
The program also includes ophthalmology screening and Apollo Cardiac Outreach Programme (Height & Weight, BP, RBS Doctor Consult and ECG as per Dr’s Advice) at 32 Metropolitan Transport Depots, 10 State Express Transport Corporation Depots and 30 Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation Depots
