Accident Care and Transport Service or ACTS (

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

: ആക്ട്‌സ് )is a voluntary organisation providing free emergency assistance to accident victims in

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city and Thrissur District of

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History

ACTS was founded on 8 May 2000, under the Presidency of Alkesh Kumar Sharma District Collector and General Secretary Fr.

Davis Chiramel Rev. Fr. Davis Chiramel, popularly known as the Kidney Priest, is an Indian Catholic priest and the founder of the Accident Care and Transport Service (ACTS) and the Kidney Federation of India. He currently serves under the Syro-Malabar Catholi ...

with the support of local civic leaders. Till December 2019, ACTS has 45,000 members in 17 branches, 145 units and has 22 ambulances.

Thrissur Model

The

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appointed a Committee under Justice K Skandan for making comprehensive guideline for ''Good Samaritans'' appreciated the role for Accident Care and Transport Service for their valuable contribution to the society. In its report submitted to

, the Committee recommended the Thrissur model of ''Good Samaritans''. Those recommendations were accepted by the apex court and

Model of ''Good Samaritans'' has been adopted in framing guidelines to be followed all over

References

Emergency services in India Organisations based in Thrissur Organizations established in 2000 2000 establishments in Kerala {{med-org-stub