Jammu, April 9 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has raised serious concerns over the non-functioning of key trauma care centres at Ramban and Udhampur along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, highlighting their failure to provide timely medical assistance to accident victims.
According to the CAG, the two Trauma Care Centres (TCCs) are grappling with an acute manpower shortage, with nearly 90 percent of sanctioned posts lying vacant, rendering the facilities largely ineffective during emergencies.
The staffing crisis has severely undermined the primary objective of these centres, particularly on a highway that has witnessed over 10,000 fatalities in road accidents over the past decade. In the last two years alone, m...