The State health department has geared up itself to meet any medical exigency during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Modi would attend the Commander’s conference at Indian Military Academy (IMA).
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun, Dr Y S Thapliyal said that the department set up two safe houses for the visit of Prime Minister. One safe house would be set up at Grant air port where the plane of PM would land. Another safe house is kept in reserve and would accompany the fleet of Prime Minister if he takes up the option of travelling by road in case of inclement weather condition. These safe houses would have facilities like operation theatre, cardiac care, Electro Cardio Gram (ECG) and defibrillators. The CMO informed that a cardiac ambulance with a cardiologist on board would be stationed at the IMA during the conference. Dr Thapliyal said that the teams would have services of one Physician, one surgeon and one anaesthetist.These medical teams are provided the medical history of the VIP. Two police personnel having the blood group of Prime Minister (A +) would be the part of the medical team. The administration has also reserved the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ten beds in the Military hospital.
Apart from Prime Minister Modi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval are expected to take part in the Commander’s conference. It is pertinent to mention here that this conference is being held for the first time in IMA. The conference would be attended by three service chiefs and corps commanders of Indian Army. Discussions on status of mountain corps on China border, condition on line of Control (lOC), deployment of army and para military in Jammu and Kashmir, reaction of army on terrorist activities and minimizing operational causalities are expected to be held during the conference.