By Shalini Bharadwaj
New Delhi [India], After heavy rains left Delhi flooded on Friday, services in the operation theaters (OTs) at the Center for Neurosciences at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi were affected as OTs They stopped functioning, according to a notice from AIIMS Delhi.
According to the notice dated June 28, all OTs were inoperative due to malfunctioning air conditioning and water seepage from the walls.
Neurosurgeries were also stopped and patients were referred to Safdarjung Hospital or any other government hospital.
The decision came after a discussion with the Superintendent of Nursing (Sister NS OT in-charge) of the AIIMS Cardiothoracic and Neuroscience Centre, the Master of Surgery of the CN Center and the Head of the CN Centre.
The notice says, "According to the conversation with the sister in charge of OT of NS, MS (CNC) and the main CN center, all the OTs are not working due to malfunction of air conditioning and also water leakage. So Therefore, no case can be operated, any patient arriving in emergency requiring surgery, can also be referred to Safdarjung or any other government hospital, if there is a case that needs to be done urgently, please be taken to trauma center. after discussing it with the corresponding faculty.
More details are awaited from the AIIMS administration on the information received.
Meanwhile, heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR for the second consecutive day on Friday, causing waterlogging, traffic jams, rain-related accidents, casualties and injuries prompting the government to take steps to address the situation.
The Delhi government held an emergency meeting in view of heavy rain and waterlogging at the Delhi Secretariat on the same day.
After the meeting, Delhi Minister Atishi said that all senior government officials attended an emergency meeting and several important decisions were taken.
Atishi said the Delhi government has identified 200 hotspots prone to waterlogging. He said the reason behind waterlogging is excess rainfall, which exceeds the capacity of drains.
New Delhi [India], After heavy rains left Delhi flooded on Friday, services in the operation theaters (OTs) at the Center for Neurosciences at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi were affected as OTs They stopped functioning, according to a notice from AIIMS Delhi.
According to the notice dated June 28, all OTs were inoperative due to malfunctioning air conditioning and water seepage from the walls.
Neurosurgeries were also stopped and patients were referred to Safdarjung Hospital or any other government hospital.
The decision came after a discussion with the Superintendent of Nursing (Sister NS OT in-charge) of the AIIMS Cardiothoracic and Neuroscience Centre, the Master of Surgery of the CN Center and the Head of the CN Centre.
The notice says, "According to the conversation with the sister in charge of OT of NS, MS (CNC) and the main CN center, all the OTs are not working due to malfunction of air conditioning and also water leakage. So Therefore, no case can be operated, any patient arriving in emergency requiring surgery, can also be referred to Safdarjung or any other government hospital, if there is a case that needs to be done urgently, please be taken to trauma center. after discussing it with the corresponding faculty.
More details are awaited from the AIIMS administration on the information received.
Meanwhile, heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR for the second consecutive day on Friday, causing waterlogging, traffic jams, rain-related accidents, casualties and injuries prompting the government to take steps to address the situation.
The Delhi government held an emergency meeting in view of heavy rain and waterlogging at the Delhi Secretariat on the same day.
After the meeting, Delhi Minister Atishi said that all senior government officials attended an emergency meeting and several important decisions were taken.
Atishi said the Delhi government has identified 200 hotspots prone to waterlogging. He said the reason behind waterlogging is excess rainfall, which exceeds the capacity of drains.
