Entrants's Name: Rajan Koshy

Country: United States

Field: Health Care Delivery

Innovation - idea: At present there are no system in place to save lives like "911" Emergency response in Kerala. We are working with Sister Cities International to raise funds to provide fully equipped ambulances and motor bikes for paramedics to respond to emergencies. href="http://http://www.supportsistercities.org/cb/sistercit ies/pr/1400/proj1374a.html" target="new">http://www.supportsistercities.

Innovation - why it is pioneering: At present no system in place to respond to medical emergencies like motor vehicle accident, stroke or heart attack in Kerala.http://www.supportsistercities.org/cb/sistercit ies/pr/1400/proj1374a.html

Strategy - how it achieves impact: Fully equipped amblance with properly trained paramedics arriving on the spot of accident or to the heart attack victims will save their liveshttp://www.supportsistercities.org/cb/sistercit ies/pr/1400/proj1374a.html

Strategy - growth plans: Once we have established a 911 emergency response in our sister city, Trivandrum. The next step is to include all other parts of Kerala and India as a whole.http://www.supportsistercities.org/cb/sistercit ies/pr/1400/proj1374a.html

Impact to date: It created a general awareness and the need for this program.

Future impact: Yes. It would have saved many thousands of lives in India.

Sustainability - resource base: We need more funding for this program. It is completely tax deductible. Individuals and major companies and corporations can donate to this project and it is fully tax deductible.

Major challenge for the field: many places in the world still do not have a system in place to deal with emergencies like MVA, sudden heart attacks, strokes etc.www.gtscsociety.com

Contact Information:

Name: Rajan Koshy
Country: United States
Website: www.gtscsociety.com

Bio: Worked with Galveston City Mayor and the city council to adopt Trivandrum as a sister city of Galveston, Texas since 1994. Working to promote better relations between world's oldest and largest democracies.www.gtscsociety.com