Mandya MLA Ganiga Ravikumar has written an urgent letter to Union Minister for Steel HD Kumaraswamy, demanding immediate establishment of the promised Trauma Care Centre in Mandya, warning that delays are directly costing lives on one of Karnataka’s deadliest highway stretches.
‘Golden hour is slipping away’
In his letter and subsequent interaction with the media, Ravikumar said a Level-2 Trauma Care Centre had originally been sanctioned for Mandya district but was later shifted to Mysuru due to non-availability of land at the time. Mysuru is located around 35–40 km away, forcing critically injured accident victims to travel long distances during the crucial “golden hour”