- Gleneagles Global Health City to train 1Lakh citizens of Chennai to manage medical emergencies in their vicinity. Each participant will be provided a certificate with an emergency toolkit.
- The hospital also introduced the ‘Good Samaritan Awards’ to acknowledge and recognise the Power of common man who have rendered support to a person under critical emergency condition, until professional medical help arrived.
Chennai: August 31st, 2018: Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai launched their emergency drive titled ‘I AM EMERGENCY READY’ in Chennai. The objective of this initiative is to minimize the damage and loss during medical emergencies by training public to administer immediate care to keep a patient stable until medical help arrives.
The launch that took place at Gleneagles Global Health City hospital in Perumbakkam was attended by R Sudhakar, IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police, Chennai and Mr Madhur Varma, Chief Operating Officer, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai.
Through this drive, with the support of the ER doctors, nurses and paramedics at the hospital will conduct Basic Life Support (BLS) training for individuals, corporates, and anyone who is willing to enrol be it auto drivers, roadside vendors, school students, teachers, parents, social workers, security guards etc. At the end of the training period participants will be provided with a certificate and an emergency toolkit.
Mr Madhur Varma, Chief Operating Officer, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai Said “We are proud to launch the ‘I AM EMERGENCY READY ‘drive in Chennai, through this initiative we aim to raise awareness among the Chennai residents on the steps one can take to manage common medical emergencies so that the patient can be stabilized for transport to the nearest hospital. We face several emergency cases at our facilities, where the victim has not been attended in the” initial golden minutes” of urgency. We understand the importance of first-response help during a critical moment and hence advocate to train and build an emergency equipped nation to avoid the fatal cases.”
The hospital also announced the ‘Good Samaritan Award’ to acknowledge and highlight the power of common man in turning a saviour to anyone who is facing an emergency, a felicitation program that would acknowledge and appreciate those Samaritans who have helped victims in case of any emergency. The programme encourages you to nominate an individual who has stabilized someone by providing basic life support treatment during a medical emergency or coordinated a swift evacuation in a critical emergency or donated blood or rendered any kind of unusual support in a medical emergency or took care of a person under a critical emergency condition, until help arrived. At the end of the nomination period, three individuals will be identified for their presence of mind and lifesaving action, to be felicitated at a function where they will receive Rs 20,000/- each.
For further details and training, visit www.emergencyready.in
Send ‘Good Samaritan’ stories to goodsamaritanaward@parkwayindia.co.in
According to data available, patients getting admitted through emergency department at Gleneagles Global Health City is approx 30-40 % of the total admission are emergency cases due to road accidents, HPB, Heart attacks or Cardiac related illness, strokes etc. The highest percentage of age group who get admitted as emergencies cases are between 21-30 age group followed by 31-40 age group. In all cases, time is crucial and administering adequate first response treatment could have saved could make all the difference.
About Gleneagles Global Health City:
The sprawling, 21-acre facility in Perumbakkam, Chennai is the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals India, with a capacity of over 1000-beds and accreditations from leading agencies. The facility is one of the best for advanced healthcare in India. The hospital offers the end-to-end spectrum of advanced healthcare facilities as well as excellent facilities for research and advanced education. The hospital has undertaken several path-breaking liver, heart, lung and kidney procedures.
Accredited and recognized by several international and national level accrediting agencies, it is a healthcare destination of choice for both people in India and worldwide. World-class infrastructure, dedicated staff and a commitment for medical excellence are the USPs of this Global Hospital facility. The hospital has several achievements to its credit and continues to work on several pioneering procedures.
Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a Parkway Pantai Enterprise:
Gleneagles Global Hospitals is part of Parkway Pantai, a fully owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare. In India, Gleneagles Global Hospitals operates a chain of multi-super specialty hospitals offering tertiary and quaternary healthcare services with over 2,000 beds and state-of the-art, world-class hospitals in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai. A pioneer in kidney, liver, heart and lung transplants, Gleneagles Global Hospitals provides comprehensive multi-organ transplant services in the country.
Gleneagles Global Hospitals aims to strengthen and expand its leading market position as a destination for multi-organ transplant for patients from India, Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. We are committed to further our aspiration of making quality health care more accessible to all.
