Sunday, 01 May 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
In view of the upcoming Char Dham Yatra and train doctors posted on the Yatra duty, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh organised a workshop on High Altitude/ Trauma emergency training for medical personnel deployed at various medical facilities on Chardham Yatra Route on Saturday.
Doctors to be posted on Chardham Yatra routes participated in this workshop.
The Departments of Physiology and Trauma surgery and Critical care of the institute organise the workshop.
The workshop aimed to provide training on high altitude-related medical illnesses and trauma to the doctors deputed by the department of medical health and family welfare, Uttarakhand before their posting at various medical centres on the Chardham Yatra route.
Speaking on the occasion, the Director of AIIMS Rishikesh, Dr Arvind Rajwanshi said the institute is striving to provide better technical based medical facilities in case of accidents during travel on Chardham Yatra routes, high and inaccessible places. He said that doctors fully trained in emergency medicine can provide immediate medical care to the injured during emergencies and accidents occurring on Yatra routes and mountainous areas.
The Dean Academics, Dr Manoj Gupta said that it is necessary for the health care workers to be skilled for emergency medical treatment on the travel routes in the state of Uttarakhand with heterogeneous geographical locations. He shared his experience about difficulties faced at high altitudes while evacuating the patients.
The chairperson of workshop and head of department (HoD) department of Physiology, Dr Latika Mohan welcomed the dignitaries and said that it is the pride for AIIMS that this workshop has been organized here before the Char Dham Yatra on the subject of High Altitude Medicine.
