Chandigarh hospitals put on high alert after IAF strikes
Shimona Kanwar | TNN | Feb 27, 2019, 07:56 IST
Picture used for representational purpose onlyCHANDIGARH: On Tuesday, all major city hospitals have been put on high alert after the IAF strikes terrorist camps in Pakistan. The referral hospitals including PGI and the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)-32 are fully prepared to handle any medical emergency, confirm official sources.
“We are fully prepared for any such disaster. We have earlier managed medical emergency during the violence of the Dera followers in Panchkula,” said Prof Jagat Ram, director PGI.
PGI is a tertiary care centre that caters to the patients from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan. “We are willing to offer our services to any place as and when required during any disaster,” he added.
The hospitals have special provisions for makeshift hospital, medicines, stretchers, wheelchairs and other equipment for such disasters. “As a part of the national disaster management programme, we are alerted during such times. We have separate beds, medicines, and other equipment for a war like situation. These are replenished from time to time,” said Dr B S Chavan, director principal, GMCH-32.
Though the PGI sees a huge rush of patients on a daily basis, separate wards are kept for causalities. “The patients who are not very serious and already admitted in the institute can be shifted to the civil hospitals, in case more beds are required,” said an official in PGI.
Blood banks are the most significant part of the preparation. “There are extra stocks of blood supply so that there is no shortage. Also, we have number of voluntary donors prepared who can be contacted easily,” said a doctor in GMCH.
The other surrounding district and civil hospitals are also alerted for medical support.
“We are fully prepared for any such disaster. We have earlier managed medical emergency during the violence of the Dera followers in Panchkula,” said Prof Jagat Ram, director PGI.
PGI is a tertiary care centre that caters to the patients from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan. “We are willing to offer our services to any place as and when required during any disaster,” he added.
The hospitals have special provisions for makeshift hospital, medicines, stretchers, wheelchairs and other equipment for such disasters. “As a part of the national disaster management programme, we are alerted during such times. We have separate beds, medicines, and other equipment for a war like situation. These are replenished from time to time,” said Dr B S Chavan, director principal, GMCH-32.
Though the PGI sees a huge rush of patients on a daily basis, separate wards are kept for causalities. “The patients who are not very serious and already admitted in the institute can be shifted to the civil hospitals, in case more beds are required,” said an official in PGI.
Blood banks are the most significant part of the preparation. “There are extra stocks of blood supply so that there is no shortage. Also, we have number of voluntary donors prepared who can be contacted easily,” said a doctor in GMCH.
The other surrounding district and civil hospitals are also alerted for medical support.
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