Uttar Pradesh, which is readying to host one of the world’s largest religious festivals, the Mahakumbh 2025, has sought around 22 BHISHM kits—India’s first indigenous state-of-the-art portable medical facilities housed in a cube—from the Centre to address medical emergencies and ensure prompt healthcare for the anticipated influx of devotees at the mega event.
“The UP Government has requested at least 22 portable BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog, Hita, and Maitri) Cubes to be installed at sensitive locations during the event in Prayagraj which is expected to attract around 40 crore devotees and visitors. Two Cubes will be set up in each of the 11 zones, covering 43 zones,” said sources in the State Government. When contacted, an official from HLL Lifecare Ltd, a PSU of the Union Health Ministry entrusted with assembling the equipments enclosed in the innovative product under the Government’s Project Aarogya Maitri, said the talks are in the nascent phase.
Tailored to save the ‘Golden Hour’ for up to 200 individuals at once, the BHISHM Cubes have already found successful deployments in countries like Laos, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and recently Ukraine when India had gifted four units during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country.
Back home in India, during Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya, it emerged as a crucial lifesaver for a man during a medical emergency.
A member of the taskforce of the Government’s Project AArogya Maitri, shared that the Cubes are portable and rapidly deployable modular medical facilities intended to provide emergency lifesaving clinical care in case of disaster/public health emergencies.
These can be deployed within minutes and entail operation theatre for minor surgical procedures, ventilator, blood test equipment, X-ray machine, cooking station, food, water, shelter, power generator, etc. Due to its modular design and ease of use, it can be transported by air, sea, land, or drone, ensuring timely medical assistance to even the most remote locations. The Cubes can help expedite treatment of the injured and save precious lives as it can handle several severe injuries including 40 bullet injuries, 25 major bleeds, 25 major burns, around 10 head injuries, long limb fractures, spinal injuries, chest injuries and spinal fractures, she explained. The BHISHM cube is already finding huge takers.
The Union Health Minister JP Nadda too recently announced that the BHISHM has been the part of the 100 days of the Modi 3.0 Government as nearly 50 cubes have been deployed in 22 AIIMS to help authorities in case of disaster / health emergencies in the first phase.
To enable operators to swiftly find items, track their usage and expiration dates, the cutting-edge BHISHM has a software system in a tablet along with the Cubes.
