Mumbai: Twelve national and international agencies have got together to organise the Mumbai Emergency Management Exercise (MEMEx), which strives to deliver state-of-the-art education and practical training in urban disaster response.
The week-long event to be held at multiple venues in the city from November 3 to 9 will include a series of workshops focusing on pre-hospital care, hospital disaster preparedness, advanced trauma care, monitoring and evaluation methodology. This is perhaps the first time
India will be witnessing an Emergency Preparedness Drill involving an entire city. The focal point of the drill to held on November 8 will be Shivaji Park.
MEMEx is organised by University of Mumbais Times Centre for Disaster Management, P D Hinduja National Hospital and Life Supporters Institute of Health Sciences in collaboration with the BMC.
About 24 experts in various domains pertaining to disaster/emergency preparedness are coming down to India from the US for this exercise which attempts to train around 500 individuals, including 250 from the state government.
Apart from the Times Foundation, the lead partners for MEMEx are Dial 1298 for Ambulance, Lifeline Foundation, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute and Public Health Foundation for India.
The international partners are Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, New YorkPresbyterian, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell as well as Americares Foundation.
By the end of this exercise, the citys agencies would have tried and tested their incident command structure and inter-agency communication strategies; hospitals would have trained both their administrators and physicians in preparing for mass casualty events; the citys emergency medical systems would have sharpened their skills in disaster triage and response.
For further details contact Times Foundation on 022-66354322 or 022-22733208 or by send queries to mumbaiemex@gmail.com.