NEW DELHI: Patients visiting the emergency wing of AIIMS trauma centre in the national capital, the biggest such facility in the country, are bound to suffer as the admission to the country’s biggest facility will remain suspended for over a month after Sunday’s blaze rendered the operation theatre non-functional.
Several surgeries scheduled for Monday were postponed due to the non-functional OT.
On an average, 25-30 emergency surgeries are performed at the five major operation theatres of the facility, named Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, on a daily basis. Though the extent of the damage to the OT complex has not yet been ascertained, the engineering team which inspected it on Monday has estimated the repair would take at least two months as two of the operation theatres were charred. All OT linen and cotton also got burnt and some instruments have also been damaged.
A senior doctor said that new admissions cannot happen because of the non-functional OT complex. He said, “Most of the patients who suffer trauma injuries or accidents come here and are emergency cases, mostly requiring surgery. Four to five emergency surgeries scheduled for Monday, that could not wait, are being performed at the main AIIMS facility.”
