Where will Trauma patients go? AIIMS Trauma Centre Should not be converted to COVID-19 Facility, says RDA

Written by Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 2022-01-06T13:20:28+05:30 | Updated On 6 Jan 2022 1:20 PM IST

Where will Trauma patients go? AIIMS Trauma Centre Should not be converted to COVID-19 Facility, says RDA

New Delhi: Lamenting the conversion of a World Class Trauma Centre into a COVID facility to the ignorance of trauma patients, the resident doctors working at the JPN Apex Trauma Centre at AIIMS have now written a letter to the higher authorities

The resident doctors at the Trauma Centre as well as AIIMS RDA have urged the institute's director not to convert the AIIMS Trauma Centre into a Covid Care facility, saying trauma services should not be ignored as most of the trauma victims are of young age who are the sole breadwinners of their families.

The doctors in their letter said that avenues like surgical block, MCh block, geriatric block, burn plastic block should be considered for rendering services to coronavirus patients.

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All trauma services were shifted to the main AIIMS campus on March 28, 2020, and the JPNA trauma center was converted into a dedicated Covid care facility in view of the rising cases. The trauma services were shifted back to JPNATC one month ago, but now with the rising COVID cases again the facility is going to be converted to COVID care centre

" JPNATC has been a leading center and one of its kind, which not only renders trauma care but also facilitates the development of other trauma centers in the country. The infrastructure and logistics for trauma care patients here at JPNATC is after extensive research and suggestions from global institutes. It is well planned and dedicated center for wholesome trauma care of patients from emergency to their rehabilitation, " the resident doctors stated in their letter

''It took a month for trauma services to be restored to pre-Covid times. Now COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly but as we have seen in the last two waves of the pandemic, the cases of trauma are also not decreasing. ''With the conversion of JPNA trauma center to COVID-19 center, it is expected for the trauma patients to suffer a lot again. Most of the victims of trauma are of young age who are the sole breadwinners of their families,'' the RDA said in the letter on January 4.

" With the conversion of the JPNA trauma center to Covid center, it is expected for the trauma patients to suffer a lot again. Most of the victims of trauma are young, who are the sole breadwinners of their families. In such a situation, along with Covid, trauma services should also not be ignored," added the letter of resident doctors

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