Burns Emergency now operational at AIIMS Delhi

New Delhi: A premier Health Institute AIIMS has recently, initiated emergency services for patients with burn injuries at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block., a statement from the institute mentioned.

The facility, located next to the Trauma Centre, was so far being used as an ad hoc facility to treat COVID-19 patients.

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The emergency services are made available on the ground floor of the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block with dedicated areas, and one can enter from Chaudhary Jhandu Singh Road in JPNATC Campus, according to a circular issued by the AIIMS medical superintendent on March 15.

Eight observation beds have been facilitated for the emergency services, it said.

The block, according to the officials, is equipped to handle approximately 15,000 burn emergencies and 5,000 burn admissions a year.

India records around 70 lakh burn injuries annually with a mortality rate as high as 1.4 lakh people per year, while another 2.4 lakh patients end up with severe deformities, an official said.

Medical Dialogues team has recently published about equitable distribution of COVID vaccines across the globe. AIIMS director stated, "nobody is safe until everyone is safe". Speaking at the inaugural session of a two-day lecture series organized by the JNU's Centre for Canadian, US, and Latin American Studies, the director lauded the country's vaccination program. "India has done remarkably well as far as our vaccine program is concerned… It is something that we should be proud of. Almost 97 percent of Indians aged 18 and above have received the first dose of the vaccine. This is a remarkable achievement. We have the biggest and best vaccine program in the world," he mentioned.

He highlighted that if it does not happen, coronavirus will continue to mutate.

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