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| abbreviation = ACTS<br />
| motto = [[Nishkam Karma]]<br />
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| headquarters = [[Thrissur]] city, [[Kerala]]<br />
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'''Accident Care and Transport Service''' or '''ACTS''' ([[Malayalam]]: ആക്ട്സ് )is a voluntary organisation providing free emergency assistance to accident victims in [[Thrissur]] city and [[Thrissur District]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite news |date=13 August 2012 <br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/extend-help-to-road-accident-victims-says-minister/article3761103.ece<br />
|title=Extend help to road accident victims, says Minister |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/legal-tangles-should-not-come-in-way-of-helping-accident-victims/article943361.ece |title=Legal tangles should not come in way of helping accident victims |work=The Hindu | date=10 December 2010 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref><ref name=equip>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/17/stories/2008101761520300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020115014/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/17/stories/2008101761520300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2008 |title=Police ill-equipped to handle trauma cases |date=17 October 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> <br />
==History==<br />
ACTS was founded on 8 May 2000, under the Presidency of Alkesh Kumar Sharma District Collector and General Secretary Fr. [[Davis Chiramel]]<ref name=award>{{cite web|url=http://mattersindia.com/kidney-priest-gets-another-award/ |title=Kidney priest gets another award |publisher=Matters India |date=13 May 2013 |accessdate=2014-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903113813/http://mattersindia.com/kidney-priest-gets-another-award/ |archivedate=3 September 2014 }}</ref><ref name=carvalho>{{cite news |url=http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16393 |title=Catholic priest donates kidney to save Hindu man |work=[[AsiaNews]] |date=22 September 2009 |accessdate=2014-08-29 |first=Nirmala |last=Carvalho}}</ref> with the support of local civic leaders. Till December 2019, ACTS has 45,000 members in 17 branches, 145 units and has 22 ambulances.<ref name=T1>{{cite news<br />
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Road-accident-cases-Centre-can-follow-path-outlined-by-Thrissur/articleshow/44904839.cms<br />
|title=Road accident cases: Centre can follow path outlined by Thrissur<br />
|date=22 October 2014<br />
|first=Dipak K<br />
|last=Dash<br />
|newspaper=Times of India<br />
|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Thrissur Model==<br />
The [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] 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 [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]], the Committee recommended the Thrissur model of ''Good Samaritans''. Those recommendations were accepted by the apex court and [[Thrissur]] Model of ''Good Samaritans'' has been adopted in framing guidelines to be followed all over [[India]].<ref name=T1 /><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Road-accident-cases-Good-days-ahead-for-Good-Samaritans/articleshow/44904362.cms<br />
|title=Road accident cases: Good days ahead for Good Samaritans<br />
|publisher=Times of India<br />
|accessdate=2014-10-25}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
[[Category:Emergency services in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Thrissur]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 2000]]<br />
[[Category:2000 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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