Civic officials, firemen to be taught to manage disaster
Hinduja Hospital and KEM Hospital will be joining hands with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) disaster management cell and the fire brigade for a unique exercise.
Keeping in mind rising number of road accidents, fire accidents and any such ‘urban’ catastrophe, these hospitals will be giving a week-long practical training to fire officers, civic hospital staff and officials from each ward office.
This emergency management exercise will start on November 3 and will end on November 9. The event will have a series of practical training, lectures and workshops focussing mainly on pre-hospital care, hospital disaster preparedness and advance trauma care for front line physicians.
Unfortunately, we are living in a time when any kind of disaster can take place at any time. With Terror attacks also increasing, people need to be prepared to deal with any kind of fire accidents and disasters. Disasters mean mass casualties, so we need to be prepared to manage the enormity of the situation. This is especially true for medical and fire personnel, said Dr Gustad Davar, medical director of Himduja hospital.
Dr Sanjay Oak, dean of KEM Hospital, also echoed his sentiments in the function. We need trained personnel to deal with all kinds of emergencies. This event is basically to give hardcore training to doctors, nurses and fire officials who will be handling any emergency situation, said Oak.
As many as 25 doctors and 40 nurses from various civic hospitals, 20 personnel from the fire brigade, 24 engineers from each ward, 30 teachers and officers of the BMCs disaster management cell are expected to attend the event. The idea is to train officials from various departments to give in-built support to stabilise a patients condition during transportation to the nearest hospital after any kind of accidents. At times, essential time is lost when we transport a patient from the accident spot to the nearest hospital. Though we have essential first aid services, we need to enhance the emergency trauma situation, said Chief Fire Officer P D Kargupikkar.
As many as 25 doctors and 40 nurses from various civic hospitals, 20 personnel from the fire brigade, 24 engineers from each ward, 30 teachers and officers of the BMCs disaster management cell are expected to attend the event. The idea is to train officials from various departments to give in-built support to stabilise a patients condition during transportation to the nearest hospital after any kind of accidents. At times, essential time is lost when we transport a patient from the accident spot to the nearest hospital. Though we have essential first aid services, we need to enhance the emergency trauma situation, said Chief Fire Officer P D Kargupikkar.
According to Dr Davar, experts from New York Fire Brigade and hospitals are expected to attend the event to give training. The training programme will end with a large field drill session.