SPINAL CORD INJURY

20,000 new cases of spinal cord injury every year: Doc

The statistics were shared during the inauguration of a five-day training programme at the NELS Skill Centre on the IGIMS premises by director in charge, Dr V M Dayal, on Monday. Doctors stressed the need to know about manual inline stabilisation (MILS) to handle any emergency situation in accident cases, said Dr Sanjeev Kumar, head of critical care medicine-cum-nodal officer of NELS (National Emergency Life Support) centre at the IGIMS.

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