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News18
10-05-2025
- Health
- News18
Over 1,000 Doctors Trained As India Set To Deploy Portable Hospitals Near Borders Amid Tensions With Pakistan
Last Updated: The world's first disaster hospital, fitted in 72 cubes that can be airlifted, is being packed and delivered to several locations across India Amid the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the central government has begun deploying made-in-India portable disaster hospitals across all border areas, News18 has learnt. The world's first disaster hospital, fitted in 72 cubes that can be airlifted, is being packed and delivered to several locations across India. Also, India has begun training doctors to use this cube-style hospital, known as the Aarogya Maitri Cube. Project BHISHM Built under the project BHISHM—Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri—these cubes contain an operation theatre, mini-ICU, ventilator, blood test equipment, X-ray machine, cooking station, food, water, shelter, power generator, and many more facilities. 'In the last 20 days, we have dispatched around 30 to 40 Cubes from our warehouse to institutes of national importance across the border areas," former Air Vice Marshal Dr Tanmoy Roy, who headed the BHISHM task force in 2023, told News18. Roy, who is credited as the visionary behind the BHISHM cubes, which are designed for rapid deployment in disaster and conflict zones, said that the cubes are being deployed as per the plan designed and communicated by the union ministry of health and family welfare. The kits are being procured by HLL Lifecare, which is a Miniratna enterprise under the ministry of health and family welfare. Apart from Jammu & Kashmir, AIIMS Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), AIIMS Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), AIIMS Jodhpur (Rajasthan), and AIIMS Bathinda (Punjab) have also received the BHISM cubes, along with Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Pondicherry) and North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya. In the next week, Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital is also expected to receive the delivery. These cubes can be quickly moved to the location of the crisis, as and when required, along with doctors and paramedics. Over 1,000 doctors trained to handle war-related injuries In the last ten days, more than 1,000 doctors and paramedic staff have been trained on Aarogya Maitri Cube hospitals. The portable hospital has been designed to handle war-like health emergencies, which include bullet injuries, explosions, fractures, and bleeding. The hospital contains an anaesthesia kit, which contains advanced surgical equipment, with an operation theatre (OT) for casualties needing surgical intervention. The OT contains one foldable table for a surgical team of five people. It has a ventilator, anaesthesia, and several other important medical devices. 'The training is going on across India. In the last 10 days, we have trained more than 1,000 doctors and other healthcare staff," said Roy, who came back on Saturday morning from Jammu after training doctors in the tense region. 'We are training them on how they can use the portable hospital as normally as they use their usual premises. Also, doctors are trained for trauma, but not war. We are trying to make them familiar with war-like situations and triage." The BHISHM cube has everything that a doctor would need to handle a mass casualty. 'From handling bleeding, bullet injuries, explosive blasts, fractures, spine injuries, and lung or abdomen injuries to conducting surgeries—the cube has everything," said Roy. First Published: May 10, 2025, 22:48 IST
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Business Standard
09-05-2025
- Health
- Business Standard
BHISHM medical cubes deployed in J&K hospitals under Aarogya Maitri project
BHISHM cubes, the indigenous portable modular medical facility, are being deployed at prominent hospitals such as AIIMS Jammu and SKIMS Srinagar near India's border under the government's Aarogya Maitri project to bolster medical readiness, officials said on Friday. The development comes on the heels of Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Friday reviewing health infrastructure preparedness across hospitals in the country amid the ongoing Operation Sindoor and the ongoing India-Pakistan military conflict, official sources said. These BHISHM cubes are also being stationed in other Institutes of National Importance (INIs) across India, including AIIMS in Rishikesh, Bilaspur and Delhi, they said. "We are also providing operational training to the respective medical institutes where BHISHM cubes have been deployed. So far two BHISHM cubes have been deployed at AIIMS, Jammu and more are being diverted to this centre. "Besides, around 35 other BHISHM cubes so far have been deployed across other Institutes of National Importance (INIs) across India," said Air Vice Marshal Dr Tanmoy Roy, HLL Lifecare. Dr Roy said HLL Life Care Ltd under the Union Health Ministry is the nodal agency for the procurement and deployment of Aarogya Maitri Cube. BHISHM cubes are portable and rapidly deployable modular medical facilities to provide emergency lifesaving clinical care in the event of disaster or public health emergencies. Each cube is equipped with medicines and surgical equipment for basic operations, and it has the capacity to handle around 200 diverse emergency cases. The cube comprises 72 easily transportable components, designed for versatile delivery methods including hand-carry, bicycle or even drone transport. The aid cube is equipped with several innovative tools designed to enhance disaster response and medical support during emergencies. It integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics to facilitate effective coordination, real-time monitoring and efficient management of medical services in the field. Being robust, waterproof and lightweight, the cubes are also built to withstand harsh conditions. Their flexible configuration allows deployment in diverse emergency scenarios. The system can be quickly dispatched via airdrop or ground transportation, ensuring swift response to crises anywhere. In the wake of Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting with secretaries of various ministries and called for continued alertness and clear communication, while reaffirming the government's commitment to national security and operational preparedness. The Indian armed forces are on high alert in the wake of the current hostilities between New Delhi and Islamabad following the Pahalgam terrorist attack of April 22 and India's strike on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation. Pakistani forces are targetting border areas on the Indian side, killing at least 13 people and injuring others.
India Gazette
08-05-2025
- Health
- India Gazette
BHISHM portable modular hospitals enroute to Jammu for emergency situation
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): BHISHM Cubes will be deployed at the borders of Jammu and Kashmir under the Government of India's Aarogya Maitri project, officials said on Thursday. 'HLL life care Ltd. (HLL) a CPSE under Union Health Ministry is the nodal agency for the procurement and deployment of Aarogya Maitri Cube for the Ministry of Health. The team of respective medical institutes after receiving training by the team lead by HLL will be deployed at borders of Jammu and Kashmir for the Aarogya Mandir modular emergency hospital,' said AVM Dr Tanmoy Roy, HLL Lifecare. The BHISHM Cubes which are tailored to treat up to 200 casualties, emphasizing rapid response and comprehensive care. The BHISHM Cube is equipped with several innovative tools designed to enhance disaster response and medical support during emergencies will be deployed at Jammu and Kashmir borders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new 'Aarogya Maitri' project under which India will provide essential medical supplies to countries affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crises. BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri) cubes under AAROGYA MAITRI PROJECT developed and manufactured in India, this portable hospital represents a significant advancement in emergency medical response and disaster management capabilities. BHISHM Cubes are tailored to treat up to 200 casualties, emphasizing rapid response and comprehensive care. The BHISHM Cube is equipped with several innovative tools designed to enhance disaster response and medical support during emergencies. These cubes are Innovatively designed, compact, portable, and easy to deploy in diverse terrains and war situations. Equipped with modular units that offer facilities like surgical care, emergency treatment, and resource independence (e.g., generating power and oxygen). It is through indigenously designed and is made up of 72 detachable manicures support system. The portable hospital can handle gunshots, burns, head, spinal cord, chest and other 200 types of injuries. It can treat more than 200 patients. 'These kits are capable of handling 200 casualties, 40 bullet injures, head injuries, abdominal injuries and 200 other injuries,' said AVM (Rtd) Dr Tanmoy Roy 'We have trained almost 300-400 doctors in few days of time for using the cubes, this training was given off-line as well as online,' he added These portable 200 bedded hospitals will include pain relief kit, antibiotic kit, nasal bleed kit, limb amputation kit, major limb bleed kit, minor bleed kit, eye injury dressing kit, needle decompression kit, etc. (ANI)
