Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 23: Aiming at levelling up the critical care at the hospitals, 64 ICU beds of 9 Kashmir District and Sub-District Hospitals were today e-inaugurated by the Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo in the presence of Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Rather.
On the occasion, Dulloo said the ICU beds are meant to treat the critical patients in the district hospitals which will in the long run help to decrease the burden on tertiary care hospitals.
DHSK in a statement issued here said that the ICU beds were e-inaugurated at JLNM hospital in presence of senior officials of the health department.
He said that they are working to make ICU beds functional in district hospitals and some sub-district hospitals. He said the 64 ICU beds have been inaugurated for 10 district hospitals.
“We are also going to create paediatric intensive care units in view of the possible third Covid-19 wave. We have also made functional oxygen units in hospitals,” he said.
Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Rather said it is a great step towards the management of patient care effectively in district hospitals.
“It is an achievement for the district hospitals. For all these ICUs, the ICU of JLNM hospital would work as a command centre. District hospitals can discuss the management of patients at any time with specialists of the command centre,” the director said.
Pertinently, DHSK said that on the directions of the Additional Chief Secretary, DHSK has already got specialist doctors, Medical Officers, anaesthesia technicians and nursing staff trained for ICU management and use of ventilators from SKIMS Soura, GMC Srinagar.
The hospitals that e-inaugurated the ICU beds include DH Pulwama, DH Kulgam, DH Shopian, SDH Kupwara, SDH Sopore, Trauma Hospital Bijbehara, CHC Chanpora, DH Bandipora, DH Ganderbal.
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