How much does government spend on traffic accidents injuries in Karachi
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00:00The city of Qaid has become a hub for many problems, but one of them is the traffic problem.
00:06In the city of Qaid, the pressure of traffic is increasing day by day.
00:10But on the other hand, traffic accidents are also happening as a result.
00:14There are two reasons for this.
00:16One is not following the rules.
00:18The other is the infrastructure of the city.
00:21In this regard, what does DIG traffic say?
00:24Approximately 4.2 million motorcycles run on the roads of Karachi.
00:29The volume of heavy traffic in Karachi is more than that of any other city in Pakistan.
00:36Similarly, it is very important for motorcyclists to have a rear-view mirror installed on their bikes.
00:48But here they do not use it as a fashion.
00:52Similarly, people do not wear helmets even though we campaign for awareness.
01:03Because of this, these accidents happen.
01:06In addition, as you said, infrastructure also plays a very important role.
01:13According to DIG traffic, the basic reason for the accidents is not to follow the rules.
01:18However, they also say that motorcyclists are among those who break the traffic rules the most.
01:28I was coming from the Kurangi Industrial Area Road.
01:31A water tanker crushed a motorcyclist.
01:35The reason is that he was coming from behind like this.
01:39Many people do not have electricity in their cars.
01:43Because of this, a lot of traffic accidents happen.
01:49On the other hand, how much is the budget of the hospital on the basis of the number of accidents?
02:06If you ask me an average number, if 250 patients come,
02:11about 30% of them have minor injuries and about 45% have moderate injuries,
02:17in which a fracture or treatment is required or hospitalization is required.
02:22We discharge the minor patients as it is.
02:25And for those who have major injuries, they need a proper ICU.
02:29Sometimes operations have to be done.
02:32If the head is injured and bleeding occurs, then blood has to be drained.
02:36And it takes a lot of time.
02:38So that is about 30%.
02:40In the private sector, even if you take a minor injury,
02:43they will definitely give you a bill of 15,000 to 20,000 rupees.
02:46So my cost is 2,000 rupees.
02:48In the case of moderate injuries, if a fractured patient comes or has tissue damage,
02:52then you can assume that it costs about 5,000 to 10,000 rupees.
02:56Those patients who come with head injuries, acute injuries,
02:59there are not many in the whole of Pakistan, only in JPMC.
03:02And this is about a 30-bedded unit,
03:05in which there are dedicated teams that only look at neurotrauma.
03:09You can assume that it can cost up to 5,000 to 7,000 rupees.
03:12So if you look at it division-wise, then it is a cost of several crores per month.
03:16Which is only being spent on trauma, road traffic accidents.
03:19And if we take out patients according to their ratios,
03:22who have severe injuries,
03:24who stay in the hospital for 10 days, 15 days, even a month,
03:28then you can assume that it costs about 4 to 4.5 crores per month.
03:32And you can calculate it annually.
03:35Director Jinnah Hospital says that if the city follows the traffic laws,
03:41and the city administration also plays a role in this,
03:45then traffic accidents can be controlled.
03:48Saleha Feroz Khan, Independent Urdu, Karachi.