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Best medical facilities during Ardh Kumbh mela
HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S mega plan to provide world's best medical and health services during the Ardh Kumbh 2007 has finally come into shape. Equipped with various facilities a 100-bed central hospital at Lal Sadak near Parade Ground is ready and OPD services have already started there. Besides, seven 20-bed circle hospitals have also become functional.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S mega plan to provide world's best medical and health services during the Ardh Kumbh 2007 has finally come into shape.
Equipped with various facilities a 100-bed central hospital at Lal Sadak near Parade Ground is ready and OPD services have already started there. Besides, seven 20-bed circle hospitals have also become functional.
The central hospital has all facilities to deal with emergency cases, including road accidents, drowning, heart patients and those suffering from cold.
A separate women's ward has also been made at the central hospital.
A panel of 150 specialist and super-specialist doctors from different regions of UP will monitor the health services. About 34 doctors have already joined their duties at the mela.
A 30-bed police hospital is also being set up on the Triveni Road. The mela will also have 14 first aid centres and three mobile hospitals. As many as 27 ambulances will be made available in the mela area to provide emergency services. Eight ambulances have already arrived from different districts.
As many as five river ambulances will also be pressed into service on the main bathing days.
For the first time, a 30-bed infectious disease hospital will be established near Daraganj, to closely monitor diarrhoea, gastro-enteritis and other patients of infectious diseases. A centralised water lab will soon be set up.
The lab will conduct OT test of drinking water in all the 14 sectors in the mela area and ensure that the people get clean and germ-free drinking water.
The superintendents of the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, the Tej Bahadur Sapru (Beli) Hospital, the Moti Lal Nehru District Hospital and the Dufferin Women's Hospital have been directed to reserve 20 beds each to deal with any emergency situation during the Ardh Kumbh mela.
Officer on special duty (Health) Ardh Kumbh Dr Murari Verma said the remaining seven circle hospitals would become functional depending on the number of Kalpvasis getting settled in the mela area. The hospitals will have all emergency drugs. They have been also been equipped with latest life-saving equipment, he added.
"A group of 120 safai karamcharis have already started functioning in the mela.
A total of 480 gangs, with each gang having 12 safai karmacharis, will take charge of the sanitation during and after main 'snans'. The preparations will be completed by December 15," he said.
