India, May 13 -- In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Haryana, the Gurugram traffic police will integrate private hospitals and ambulance operators with the Dial-112 police control room to ensure immediate medical response during the "golden hour" following road accidents, officials said. The move, to be implemented within a fortnight, aims to reduce fatalities by speeding up rescue and treatment efforts.

"The aim is to bring down fatalities by providing an injured person immediate medical attention, for which the central government's scheme of cashless treatment of up to Rs.1.5 lakh at empanelled hospitals is already available," said Rajesh Kumar Lohan, deputy commissioner of police (traffic).

Lohan chaired a meeting on Monday at the T...