A network of providers is integral to the operations of the HRP. The network, which is very tightly serviced, upgraded and financed by LLF, consists of:
Ambulances :
160 ambulances in Gujarat and 30 ambulances in Maharashtra, owned by various institutions, hospitals, NGOs, corporates, defence services, local government bodies, etc. Continuous efforts are made to upgrade infrastructure and train manpower of these ambulances in pre-hospital care.
Hospitals :
65 hospitals near highways have been graded on a matrix of available infrastructure and capabilities to treat variant degrees of injury:
Level I centres: Multidisciplinary setups with Trauma care facilities for grievously injured poly-trauma patients.
Level II centres: Uni-disciplinary - Orthopaedics / Surgical Hospitals for moderately injured patients.
Level III centres: Primary Health Care for Minor Injuries.
Blood banks :
All registered blood banks along highways ensure blood availability for victims.
Police stations :
The extensive mapping helps to demarcate limits of jurisdiction of individual police stations/chowkies. This eases police coordination, simplifies police formalities preventing victim or first responder "harassment".
Cranes and metal cutters :
To rescue victims trapped in mangled or overturned vehicles, cranes and pneumatic metal cutters at regular intervals have been networked.
