Mock drill at new PICU wards in Jhansi, Lalitpur

Jhansi: To ensure that the newly built PICU wards were ready to face the third wave, a mock drill was conducted at the newly built PICU wards along with recently commissioned oxygen plants on Thursday in Jhansi and Lalitpur. The exercise was ordered by Commissioner Jhansi division Ajay Shankar Pandey and was monitored closely by the nodal heads appointed.
The drill was carried out at the district hospital by Dr KK Gupta and team which was observed by JDA Vice President, Sarvesh Kumar Dixit who was appointed as the nodal incharge.
A similar drill was also held at Lalitpur district hospital which was supervised by Additional Director Health, Dr Alpana Bartariya.
A 100-bed PICU ward along with ventilators and central oxygen supply system has been established at Jhansi Medical College. In addition, a 40-bed PICU ward in which 20 are equipped with ventilators or HFNO and 20 with oxygen facility have been set up at divisional hospital. Apart from this 20-bed ward has been made at district hospital while four of the CHCs have been upgraded with 12 beds each having similar facilities in Jhansi district.