Traffic police provide green corridor to critical patient

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 12

The Ludhiana traffic police acted as a Good Samaritan as they came to the rescue of a critically injured patient of Kotkapura in Faridkot district.

The police created a green corridor for the patient being ferried in an ambulance from Faridkot to Ludhiana’s SPS hospital.

Patient Amit Kumar (35), resident of Geeta Bhawan, Kotkapura, who works in a bank, was hit by a rashly driven truck when he was heading towards office on his motorcycle today. He was rushed to a hospital in Faridkot, but due to serious head injuries, doctors referred him to SPS Hospital in Ludhiana.

The entire operation was supervised by the Joint CP, City, Deepak Pareek, and on ground, ACP, Traffic, Varunjit Singh practically implemented the idea.

Varunjit Singh said on Saturday afternoon he got a call from Joint CP Pareek, who asked for an immediate green corridor for a critically injured patient coming from Faridkot district.

“I deployed cops at various places from where the ambulance was to cross. The moment ambulance reached the octroi post on the Ferozepur road, I along with police pilot started towards the SPS Hospital and the ambulance driver was told to follow the pilot vehicle. We covered 15 km in just 12 minutes and the hospital started the treatment of patient on time,” said ACP Varunjit.

The ACP said had the ambulance tried to reach the hospital from the octroi post on the Ferozepur road without green corridor, it would have taken more time as it had to pass through various traffic lights and roundabouts. Even the road leading to the hospital remains busy with traffic.

“What we did was, we switched off all the traffic lights and traffic cops were deployed at every traffic signal. Cops created one empty lane for the ambulance at every traffic signal so that the ambulance could pass easily,” added the ACP.

Relatives of the patient thanked the traffic police for enabling their patient reach the hospital in time.