G20 Summit: Medical teams from Army’s R&R Hospital deployed at four govt hospitals in Delhi
AIIMS, Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Lohia and Army Research and Referral Hospital to handle medical emergencies during the G20 Summit. The fully equipped teams are supported by the specialist Corps of Engineers teams to deal with any eventuality and the Army RR Hospital has also been put on standby, the Indian Army added.
According to the senior officials of AIIMS Trauma Centre, the medical team from the Army has been deployed for Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear (CBRN) disasters, ANI reported. The training of doctors in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital was started on September 4, officials said.
"We have a team of 25 Army doctors at AIIMS Trauma Centre that includes senior as well as junior doctors," ANI reported quoting an official from AIIMS Trauma Centre. As per officials, the hospitals AIIMS, RML, Safdarjung and Lady Hardinge are on high alert to tackle any medical emergency but this will not affect the medical services of hospitals for OPDs and other patient care services.
The SOPs have been issued in the hospital to tackle any kind of medical emergency during G20 like the management of chemical disasters. "We have a deployment of Army doctors and Army personnel for first aid and decontamination, they will remain in the hospital till September 12," said Dr Ajay Shukla, Director and Medical Superintendent, of RML Hospital.
Earlier, the authorities informed that eighty teams of medical personnel, 130 ambulances, and advanced life support teams are deployed to escort VVIP carcades. The G20 Summit is slated to be held from September 9 to 10 at the newly built international convention and exhibition centre -- Bharat Mandapam -- at
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