GB Nagar medical staff gets hands-on training for paediatric care

Around 150 medical professionals are being trained in paediatric care in Gautam Budh Nagar in anticipation of a possible third wave of Covid-19 infection that could affect children

Around 150 medical professionals are being trained in paediatric care in Gautam Budh Nagar in anticipation of a possible third wave of Covid-19 infection that could affect children.

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They are the first batch of around 500 professionals who will be trained.

Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) and Sharda Hospital are giving hands-on training to these professional using mannequins and dummy equipment.

Dr Ambrish Gupta, nodal officer appointed by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training Uttar Pradesh (DGMEUP), is overseeing the trainings.

“Five-day modules have been created for the batches of 50-60 professionals which is conducted in an auditorium in Sharda Hospital. Since the venue has a seating capacity of 300, we are able to follow social distancing and Covid protocols as well as train staff,” said Dr Gupta.

While Sharda Hospital is in its third week of training, GIMS started the same on June 14. While Sharda Hospital is open to medical students and healthcare workers from all over the district, GIMS is currently training only for its own staff.

On Monday, GIMS also started its first workshop in Basic Skills for medical students and non-pediatric staff. The hospital has created a skill lab, similar to one at Sharda Hospital, which is equipped with baby dummies for training.

“Participants are provided with practical training on interactive mannequins to check their techniques. The trainees are taught how to intubate the babies, insert IVs and use resuscitation protocols on them,” said Dr (Brig) Rakesh Gupta, Director, GIMS.

Dr Ranjeet Ghuliani, Additional Medical Superintendent and Professor of Pediatrics at Sharda Hospital, who is one of the experts on the training committee said, “The physiology of a child is very different from that of an adult and hence intensive training is required to treat such cases. In fact, training is being given for post-Covid complications like Multisystem Inflammation Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) as well. Last two weeks we have training around 110 nurses of which around 30 nurses were from GIMS as well. This week we will start training medical interns in batches of 50 each and so on”.

Experts have earlier said that there was no evidence to the claim that the children would be severely affected in case of a third wave although they may have a greater infection share as they had not been vaccinated yet.