ITANAGAR: The Gyati Takka General Hospital (GTGH) here has become the first hospital in the state to receive support from Mission ICU. In a small function organized at the hospital on Thursday, Lower Subansiri deputy commissioner Bamin Nime inaugurated the donated ICI equipment, which included Fowler’s beds, invasive ventilators, NIVs, tabletop monitors, syringe pumps, and infusion pumps. District medical officer (DMO) Dr Nani Rika informed that the ‘Mission ICU’ was the brainchild of three good Samaritans, Dr Ashwin Naik, Manoj Shah, and Dr Edmond Fernandes, and had been initiated to bring critical healthcare services to rural India through a “kit-based approach”.
The DMO further informed that Mission ICU was born when the second wave of COVID hit the nation, and now Mission ICU is doing commendable humanitarian work across many states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Kashmir, Manipur, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh. Meanwhile, the DC, DMO Dr. Nani Rika, Medical Superintendent Dr. Koj Jarbo, doctors, and staff of GTGH expressed profound gratitude to ‘Mission ICU’ for the donation of the ICU equipment to the hospital, which will be of great help to patients recuperating at the ICU.
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