Chhattisgarh Affairs
After implementing the Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya Seva (MMBSS), the State Government has now initiated steps to roll out an air ambulance service across the State.
The Government had launched the MMBSS in September 2021 to provide modern healthcare facilities by super specialty doctors to patients of remote areas of Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri districts.
Now, the Government is to extend the privilege throughout the State with deployment of a dedicated Helicopter in Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) in order to provide a speedy medical outreach to needy citizens, sources said.
It can cohesively augment the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system in the regions where challenging topography and road terrain prevent road ambulances from rendering timely medical aid.
By utilising the versatility of helicopters which are suitably equipped for EMS role, the HEMS can increase the accessibility and timeliness of trauma care services to a wider Population base.
The chopper will be stationed at one of the major medical colleges like Aiims, Bhubaneswar, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science & Research, Sambalpur, and MKCG Medical College, Brahmapur.
The helicopter will be equipped with ventilator, monitor defibrillator, fibre optic laryngoscope with all types of blades, syringe pump, portable Oxygen bottle, advanced life support crash kit, stretcher, neonatal transport incubator, hand held blood gas analyser, etc.
National and International Affairs
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Hamari Bhasha, Hamari Virasat on 75th International Archives Day
Minister of State for Culture, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi inaugurated the exhibition Hamari Bhasha, Hamari Virasat under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75th International Archives Day at , New Delhi.
On the occasion of 75th International Archives Day, National Archives of India has made available the Gilgit Manuscripts written between the 5 -6 centuries CE, which is the oldest surviving manuscript collection in India.
It contains documents written on pieces of inner layer of the bark of birch trees which were found in Kashmir region and contain both canonical and non-canonical Jain and Buddhist works that throw Light on the evolution of many religious-philosophical literature.
UN Accepts India’s Memorial Wall Plan
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted by consensus a draft resolution piloted by India to establish a memorial wall in the UN headquarters here to honour fallen peacekeepers.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj introduced the draft resolution titled Memorial wall for fallen United Nations peacekeepers’ on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly Hall and it was adopted by consensus.
It welcomed the initiative of member states to establish at a suitable and prominent place at United Nations Headquarters in New York a memorial wall to honour the memory of fallen peacekeepers, giving due consideration to the modalities involved, including the recording of the names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice.”
India is currently the 3rd largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping with more than 6,000 military and Police personnel deployed to Abyei, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, the Middle East and Western Sahara.