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Highway accident rescue: Dr. Subroto Das at TEDxIIMRanchi

2,613 views · Published 8 May 2013 · 12:32 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Film & Animation

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Severely injured and stranded without help for hours, following an accident on a rainy night on NH 8 in August 1999, Dr. Subroto Das, an Ashoka Fellow and his wife Sushmita were finally rescued at dawn. With singular focus for three years ("we were lucky to be alive, others should not die on highways"), the couple worked to ensure that lives were not lost on forlorn Indian highways; thus was created Lifeline Foundation in 2002. The Foundation's first initiative was a pilot project between Surat and Ahmedabad on NH8 in Gujarat with a network of 17 ambulances launched on July 1 2002. Today the network has spread over five states of the country with 620 ambulances and more than 300 Police stations Lifeline is the 3rd biggest Emergency Medical Services Provider in the country after EMRI and ZHL.

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