Doon Medical College prepares COVID-19 war room to tackle Omicron threat

Published On 2021-12-24 04:15 GMT   |   Update On 2021-12-24 17:04 GMT
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Dehradun: In the wake of the initial signs of a surge in COVID-19 cases and a rising number of people being detected with Omicron variant, the Dehradun Government Medical College is once again preparing a war room as a precautionary measure.

Dr. KC Pant, chief medical superintendent, Doon hospital, informed TOI "A decision was taken to once again reactivate the war room. It will help to make prompt decisions in case the situation worsens. We are prepared to handle a third wave if it comes while."
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Till earlier this year, a COVID war room has been running from the medical college. 
Due to the surge in the COVID cases last year, states across India had opened COVID war rooms in their state to handle the pandemic in a much better way for closely monitoring the evolving scenario the state administration has opened these war rooms. These war rooms assisted the government in collecting the samples and in the testing process. 

The college was established in 1935. The main purpose was to provide cost-effective health services to the entire Garhwal region of the Himalayas. This medical college improved healthcare access to the common person of this state. For the whole Garhwal region, Dehradun acts as a gateway, and patients come from seven districts of the region.

The hospital is fully functional with more than 300 beds and has ICU, Emergency, Central Laboratory, MRI, CT Scan, Modern OT'S, Colour Doppler and full strength of specialists staff. The hospital is ISO Certified. Medicine and Allied Sciences and Pharmacy are the two major streams in the college.




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