Beds reserved at city, district hospitals in Ayodhya, AIIMS doctors train medics

Ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple beds have been reserved at citybased district hospitals and the medical college here and specialists from the AIIMS have provided focused emergency response training to the doctors at healthcare institutions in AyodhyaThese beds have been reserved for the guests who will attend the the pran pratishtha ceremony at the newlybuilt Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 officials saidOver 7000 guests have been invited to attend the consecration ceremony In view of the massive gathering in the temple town the Ayodhya district administration has made arrangements to deal with any health emergency situation especially in view of the biting cold in the holy cityAyodhya city has one government healthcare centre the over 120yearold Sri Ram Hospital which is located near the Ramjanmabhoomi temple site along Ram PathAll protocols have been decided which will be followed in case any patient care is required If anyone associated with the event faces any health emergency the first place they will be taken to is the Sri Ram Hospital where beds have been reserved a senior official told PTI hereAlso Read IN PHOTOS Ahead of Pran Pratishtha CM Yogi Adityanath visits Ram MandirIn case a referral is needed the patient will be sent to Ayodhya district hospital and if further treatment is needed for any speciality then the patient will be taken to the Maharshi Dasrath Medical College at Darshan Nagar he saidAyodhya has two Britishera district hospitals one each for male and female patients located in Faizabad townDr Brij Kumar Chief Medical Superintendent CMS of the District Hospital Male said this district hospital has 212 beds and the female one has 268 bedsCurrently about 25 beds have been reserved at our hospital and it is planned to reserve about 20 per cent beds by January 22 so that they can cater to the guests who will gather in Ayodhya for the mega ceremony he told PTIThe district hospital male has a team of doctors including a cardiologist three physicians three orthopaedic surgeons two pediatricians and two ENT surgeons Kumar said adding it is cold season so our doctor will be alertAlso Read IN PHOTOS Ayodhya preps for Ram Mandir consecration Day four rituals commenceThe CMS of the district hospital male added that elective surgery lined up at our hospital will be halted for some days in view of the big event from January 20Besides some of the senior doctors from the Sri Ram Hospital the two district hospitals have received specially training on medical emergency response from doctors of the AIIMS Kumar said The training took place at the medical college campus here he addedFrom the Centres side all preparations to assist the state government will be there if they need anything All India Institute doctors emergency response teams they will work here with the state government and the state government have also augmented emergency beds and oxygen facilities and specialist doctors will be brought in So the preparations are underway from both the Centre and state sides a senior official from the central government had earlier told PTISources said 50 beds out of the 212 beds have been reserved at the Ayodhya district hospital femalePTI visited the two district hospitals on Thursday evening and the wards reserved where beds and oxygen cylinders and other medical equipment were kept Sources said ambulances in a staggered manner will be kept on stand by at regular distances from the temple complex siteAt least 10 basic life support systemequipped ambulances from the district hospitals side have been kept reserved for the January 22 event a source said adding advance life supportequipped ambulances will also be positioned through other agenciesMedicine stocks have been augmented another source said adding 7000 is a huge number of people and it is cold season and many elderly guests are also expected so arrangements are being made accordinglyAfter the pran pratishtha ceremony over a lakh of devotees are expected to descend in the temple town from January 23 onwardsUttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak had recently told reporters here that all arrangements being made for the devotees who will come for darshan of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya whether it is for staying drinking water protection from cold and medicinesAyodhya is ready to host the devotees of Ram Lalla All security parameters decided there is fullproof security arrangements On the healthcare front all arrangements been made Extra doctors have been deployed at the hospitals extra ambulances arranged we have made an arrangement for a CATH lab We have also taken assistance of private doctorsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for 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