Road safety week concludes at Sanjay Orthopaedic Spine & Maternity Centre

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Road safety week concludes at Sanjay Orthopaedic Spine & Maternity Centre

Monday, 11 February 2019 | PNS | Dehradun

Guinness and Limca Book Record holder Orthopaedic surgeon Dr B K S Sanjay  while addressing  the closing ceremony of road safety week at Sanjay Orthopaedic Spine & Maternity Centre at Doon Vihar  in Jakhan on Sunday said  that the spike in the road accident deaths is a major hurdle to the development of the country.   “According to WHO report, approximately five lakh road traffic accidents happen in the country every year and the number of casualties is as high  1.5 lakh,” he said. 

The programme was earlier inaugurated by the state transport minister Yashpal Arya.  Among the dignitaries  present were the additional chief secretary Ranbir Singh, vice-chancellor of DIT University  K K Raina, director of Pharmacy of DIT Satish Madhav,  Sushil Singhal of GRD Collage, president awardee Gynaecologist Dr Sujata Sanja and Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gaurav Sanjay etc.

Dr Gaurav Sanjay showed through a video presentation how accidents happen in split of seconds. He also  showed how accidents might happen when  one takes out mobile phone from the pocket to see the number of messages sent.

The Minister Yashpal Arya said that youths  being the future of nation should not squander away their life this way.

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