Emergency services to treat burn injuries now operational at AIIMS
New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Emergency services for patients with burn injuries have been made operational at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block of AIIMS recently a statement from the premier health institute mentioned The facility located next to the Trauma Centre was so far being used as an ad hoc facility to treat COVID-19 patients The emergency services are made available on the ground floor of the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block with dedicated areas and one can enter from Chaudhary Jhandu Singh Road in JPNATC Campus according to a circular issued by the AIIMS medical superintendent on March 15 Eight observation beds have been facilitated for the emergency services it said The block according to the officials is equipped to handle approximately 15000 burn emergencies and 5000 burn admissions a year India records around 70 lakh burn injuries annually with mortality rate as high as 14 lakh people per year while another 24 lakh patients end up with severe deformities an official said PTI PLB CJ CJ
New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Emergency services for patients with burn injuries have been made operational at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block of AIIMS recently a statement from the premier health institute mentioned The facility located next to the Trauma Centre was so far being used as an ad hoc facility to treat COVID-19 patients The emergency services are made available on the ground floor of the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block with dedicated areas and one can enter from Chaudhary Jhandu Singh Road in JPNATC Campus according to a circular issued by the AIIMS medical superintendent on March 15 Eight observation beds have been facilitated for the emergency services it said The block according to the officials is equipped to handle approximately 15000 burn emergencies and 5000 burn admissions a year India records around 70 lakh burn injuries annually with mortality rate as high as 14 lakh people per year while another 24 lakh patients end up with severe deformities an official said PTI PLB CJ CJ
