TRUST to help accident victims

November 06, 2013 10:21 am | Updated 10:21 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

Minister for Transport Aryadan Mohammed releasing the logo of TRUST at the inauguration of the trauma care and road safety utility services in Thiruvananthapuram (TRUST) on Tuesday. Secretary, Transport, V.M.Gopala Menon, and Transport Commissioner Rishiraj Singh are seen. Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar

Minister for Transport Aryadan Mohammed releasing the logo of TRUST at the inauguration of the trauma care and road safety utility services in Thiruvananthapuram (TRUST) on Tuesday. Secretary, Transport, V.M.Gopala Menon, and Transport Commissioner Rishiraj Singh are seen. Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar

The volunteers of the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD)’s Trauma Care and Road Safety Utility Service in Thiruvananthapuram (TRUST) will be in the road network in the capital to take those injured in road accidents to hospitals.

Minister for Transport Aryadan Mohammed launched TRUST, the brainchild of Transport and Road Safety Commissioner Rishiraj Singh at a function here on Tuesday.

Former State Police Chief Jacob Punnoose presided over the function.

The TRUST volunteers, trained in administering first aid, will rush those injured to hospitals during road accidents. Plus Two students and others can get enlisted as volunteers.

As many as 37 volunteers had been trained under the first phase of the project, sources said.

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