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The team has previously been committed by an exceptional service in global crises, including 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
As of April 13, doctors and hospital nursing staff had treated 2,519 patients and conducted 6,888 laboratory research. (News18)
An Indian Army team of the Myanmar Parachute Field Hospital in Myanmar will receive the accreditation of the emergency medical team (EMT) from the World Health Organization (EMT). The 118 members has been deployed under the Brahma operation to help Myanmar after an devastating earthquake. The team has previously been committed by its exceptional service in global crises, including 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
“The WHO visited our facilities and began the accreditation process to recognize ourselves as an international medical team, first historical for India. Beyond clinical care, we have served as a distribution center for help materials and we are involved in the Public Health Coordination with Medical Universities in Myanmar,” said LT Jagnaet Gill, an officer in command of the hospital.
As of April 13, doctors and hospital nursing staff had treated 2,519 patients and conducted 6,888 laboratory research. 55 patients were performed in ATE. The 200 -bed hospital was established using prefabricated shelters and portable equipment, with energy backed by generator backups. In the midst of supply shortage and the persistent trauma of the country of continuous replicas, the personnel have also provided advice throughout medical guidance.
The EMT initiative of the WHO coordinates groups of health professionals (doctors, nurses, paramedics, logistics and others) that offer rapid emergencies of clinical care such as disasters, shoots or conflicts. These teams, extracted from governments, NGOs, military or other organizations, are trained to be self -sufficient and comply with whose minimum standards to avoid burning local health systems. Currently, who recognizes about 40 teams of this type, none or who are from India.
Lieutenant Colonel Gill, talking about the contingent, said: “For the first time in any humanitarian mission of disaster assistance and help (HAD), we established parallel operating theaters, allowing simultaneous surgery, a traar of Givence of critical capacity.
He added: “Our effort is not only to provide immediate relief but to associate in the recovery that ends India’s commitment to regional peace, resilience and humanitarian cooperation.”
This is not the first time that the 60’s parachute field hospital is recognized for its efforts. In 2024, the hospital was selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Pabandhan Puraskar for its excellent work in disaster management. It has a medical assistance roof of Provid, the floods of Uttarakhand (2013), the Nepal earthquake under operation Maitri (2015) and the Indonesian Tsunami as part of the Samudra Maitri operation (2018).
In February 2023, in response to the earthquake of magnitude 7.8 in Turkey and Syria, the unit quickly brought together a team of 99 members and established the pioneering medical center of India in Turkey, overcoming fans and the language of resources in a language of 30 in a language of 30 in a 30 of the 30 Languages in a 30 -year gap.
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Myanmar (Burma)
