In the initial phase, the 250-bed ICU wing of this 750-bed Covid facility set up by DRO has become functional from today.
VARANASI: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) wing of Pandit Rajan Mishra Covid Hospital, the temporary hospital set up by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at the amphitheater ground of Banaras Hindu University started operation on Monday with critical patients from government hospitals being admitted for specialized treatment.
District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said, “In the initial phase, the 250-bed ICU wing of this 750-bed Covid facility set up by DRO has become functional from today. Patients admitted at SPG divisional hospital, DDU district hospital, LBS government hospital, ESIC, BLW hospital and Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, who needed ICU facilities, were referred to the facility. A list of such patients was finalized and then their shifting was started.”
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‘Cancer registries are the need of the hour’
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Virtual meet organised by GITAM on World Cancer Day
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Virtual meet organised by GITAM on World Cancer Day
Population-Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) are key elements of a cancer control programme for data collection, analysis, interpretation and health policy implementation particularly to prepare national and regional cancer plans, Dr. Digumarti Raghunadha Rao, former Director of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre has said.
He participated in a virtual cancer awareness programme organised by the Biochemistry and Bioinformatics Department of GITAM Deemed to be University on the occasion of World Cancer Day. He observed that PBCRs provide vital inputs for cancer control activities and there was a growing requirement for the local planning and development of PBCRs.