The health department has deployed ten teams of doctors and other personnel to meet any medical exigency during the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to the state capital.
The administration has set up four safe houses with all medical facilities during the visit of the first citizen of the country. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun, Dr Y S Thapliyal said that these safe houses would be set up at Jollygrant Airport where President would land, Shastradhara road Helipad, Presidential estate at Rajpur road and governor’s house.
The safe houses would have facilities like operation theatre, cardiac care, Electro Cardio Gram (ECG) and defibrillators. These teams would be provided with the medical history of the President. These safe houses would also have the stock of A positive blood group which is the blood group of the President.
Dr Thapliyal said that the teams would have services of one Physician, one surgeon and one anesthetist. These teams would work on rotational basis of eight hours each. He informed that one cardiac ambulance with a cardiologist on board would be part of President’s fleet. It is learnt that the super specialty hospitals like Max hospital, Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) Jollygrant, Mahant Indiresh hospital and Military Hospital have been asked to keep team of doctors ready in case of any emergency. These hospitals have also been asked to keep some beds of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) vacant in case of any emergency.