Emergency Medical Care System in Tatters in India

[News]

Ambulances have no medical equipment and police officers are responding rather than EMS.

In this Wednesday, Aug.22, 2012 photo, the parents of Mohammed Lateef, 25, feed their paralyzed son lying on the waiting room floor at a trauma center in New Delhi, India. Lateef's family are among several others who travel hundreds of miles to squat in and around big city hospitals, because they do not have access to emergency care in their hometowns. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

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[Just Plain Ruff]

It's a pity, seems not to be a priority in India.

But there are a lot of other underlying problems than not having trained paramedics to respond. The list is very long.