Docs urged to stay updated onemergency skills
The advice was given by chief medical officer Dr NB Singh while addressing the closing ceremony of the four-day 'District Hospital Physician Training' emergency management workshop at Balrampur Hospital on Sunday.
Organised by EMRI Green Health Services, provider of UP's 108 and 102 ambulance services, the workshop trained 26 doctors from various govt hospitals across Lucknow. Singh said patients expect help from doctors during emergencies, regardless of specialisation. The training aimed to strengthen treatment capabilities for trauma, cardiac arrest, and poisoning. Dr Daud Husami from EMRI's Emergency Medicine Learning Centre shared that participants were trained in trauma management.
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