G20 Summit: Army medical teams deployed at 4 Delhi Govt hospitals

New Delhi: Medical teams from Delhi-based Army Hospital (Research and Referral) have been deployed at four major government hospitals in the national capital which is gearing up to hold the G20 Summit. 

The deployment has been done between September 6 and 13. The Army doctors and paramedical staff of hospitals have also been given special training.

The training of doctors in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital was started on September 4, officials said.

"We have a team of 25 Army doctors at AIIMS Trauma Centre that includes senior as well as junior doctors," an official from AIIMS Trauma Centre told ANI.

As per officials, the hospitals AIIMS, RML, Safdarjung and Lady Hardinge are on high alert to tackle any medical emergency but this will not affect the medical services of hospitals for OPDs and other patient care services.

The SOPs have been issued in the hospital to tackle any kind of medical emergency during G20 like the management of chemical disasters.

"We have a deployment of Army doctors and Army personnel for first aid and decontamination, they will remain in the hospital till September 12," said Dr Ajay Shukla, Director and Medical Superintendent, of RML Hospital.

India is all set to host the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10.

World leaders will arrive in New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit. Notably, India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and about 200 meetings related to G20 were organized in 60 cities across the country.

India assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1 last year with the theme -- ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’.

The summit will be hosted at the state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.