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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state government has approved ‘Good Samaritan Policy to encourage people to help road accident victims in emergency situation.
A
Odisha
B
Haryana
C
Uttarakhand
D
New Delhi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Karnataka becomes the first State with an exclusive law for the Protection of Good Samaritans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ministry has launched the “Scheme for grant of Award to the Good Samaritan who has saved life of a victim of a fatal accident involving a motor vehicle by administering immediate assistance and rushing to Hospital/Trauma Care Centre within the Golden Hour of the accident to provide medical treatment” on 03.10.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the scheme, the Government of India provides cash price of Rs 5000 per accident to those who saves lives in road accidents by taking them to hospital within the “golden hour”. Golden hour is the one hour time period after a traumatic injury.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Texas Good Samaritan Act The law states: “A person who in good faith administers emergency care at the scene of an emergency or in a hospital is not liable in civil damages for an act performed during the emergency unless the act is willfully or wantonly negligent.”

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