NDRF ties up with AIIMS for quick medical care in disasters

NEW DELHI: To provide quick and effective medical care, NDRF has signed an MoU with Apex Trauma Centre of All India Insatitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

"Under this MOU, both the organizations intend to have co-operation which shall allow them the opportunity and the instrument to develop and implement mutually beneficial and agreed upon activities, programs and training," said NDRF DG.

He said that the collaboration between NDRF and Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS will be in the field of capacity building initiatives with particular focus on providing medical care during disaster response operations. As per MOU, on the request of NDRF, Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS will provide medical experts, nurses and para-medics for deployment along with search and rescue teams of NDRF during major natural disasters within the country.

This arrangement will facilitate in establishing a proper field hospital with the support of medical component of NDRF. This arrangement will facilitate in establishing a proper field hospital with the support of medical component of NDRF. Consequently, Apex Trauma Centre will send a list of qualified and willing medical specialists and experts to NDRF to participate in rescue and relief operations on humanitarian grounds.

"NDRF will be extending all administrative support to such experts for their efficient functioning. This MOU will be helpful to NDRF in improving the efficiency of its medical officers, nurses and para-medics in the form of on-the-job training and hands-on experience in handling emergency cases," Singh added.

The 10,000 strong NDRF force has so far rescued over 4.21 lakh people from disaster situations and retrieved close to 2,000 dead bodied. It has also trained over 35.5 lakh volunteers through various community capacity building programmes.