Amid COVID scare, MGM Indore trains 200 2nd year PG students

Indore: As a preparatory measure to deal with any upcoming surge in COVID cases, the administration of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College has trained around 200 post-graduate students in the second year to handle emergency COVID-related situations.  

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They have been trained with treatment protocol, do’s and don’ts in emergency situations, and how to operate life-saving equipments.  

The dean of MGM Medical College administration, Dr Sanjay Dixit said, "We have trained over 200 PG students on Thursday to handle emergency situations in case there's a surge in COVID-19 cases. These students didn’t get the chance to work during the first and second waves of the pandemic." 

Dr Dixit added, "Through these training sessions, we are ensuring our preparations in the eventuality of a COVID-19 situation. We have readied about 250 personnel for the treatment of patients and along with them… students, resident doctors and assistant professors have also been trained." 

He further added that they have checked the facilities in the institute including the oxygen plants, medicine availability and manpower. 

Meanwhile, the first-year postgraduate students are likely to get trained in a similar manner by the college administration so that students and staff members could remain ready in periods of crisis. 

Officials in the college informed the Free Press Journal, "As per reports, it is expected that COVID-19 cases would increase by next month. However, we believe that patients would not require hospitalisation and the effect would be comparatively less than those of the first or second waves." 

The college would begin admitting patients to MRTB Hospital in the initial stages of COVID cases, and would subsequently open up other hospitals like Chest Ward, Cancer Hospital and Chacha Nehru Hospital if the situation becomes worse. Further, a separate floor would be dedicated for a pregnant woman who tests COVID positive at the MTH hospital if the need arises. A mock drill was conducted at the college on December 27 which found all the oxygen plants and equipment working properly. 

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