PNS | DEHRADUN
In an effort to improve healthcare services, the administration of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital has decided to expand the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by adding 20 beds at the Ayushman building of the hospital. Stating this, the deputy medical superintendent Dr NS Bisht said that the hospital currently has a total of 15 ICU beds. While this number was sufficient in the past, the increasing patient volume has created challenges for the administration in managing and accommodating patients within the ICU.
Bisht further stated that the hospital faces a daily demand for approximately 30 ICU beds. Consequently, both the administration and the patients are facing difficulties which include having to wait or being temporarily admitted to other wards. Discussing the current process for managing the increased demand for ICU beds beyond those already established, Bisht said that when the number of patients in need of ICU exceeds the available beds, the hospital administration addresses the situation by rotating patients at the emergency ward and similar sections. To provide a permanent solution to this issue, they have decided to add 20 more beds to the ICU in the Ayushman building of the hospital.
He said that all necessary preparations regarding the infrastructure have been completed, including the installation of beds, ventilators and other essential equipment for the new 20-bed ICU. The operation of the expanded ICU will be delayed due to the unavailability of nurses. Stating that the authorities have appointed 250 nurses, he added that their documents are being verified. Once this process is completed, the nurses will be deployed to provide their services and as a result, the additional 20-bed ICU will commence at the hospital, he stated.
