Hyderabad: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Tata Trusts have announced the operationalizing of three ICU and emergency wards at the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), a Deemed University in Hyderabad. The three wards will supplement existing infrastructure, improve capacity and enhance emergency and critical care at the hospital, aiding an additional 350-400 patients, every month.

This is part of collaboration between HAL and Tata Trusts, established to complement the Government of Telangana’s efforts towards extending access to advanced care and quality healthcare services to underserved communities in Hyderabad and nearby areas. The three wards for emergency and intensive care are armed with state-of-the-art critical care capabilities like Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), Intravenous pacemakers, and telemedicine technology to help facilitate virtual management in the near future. 

Alok Verma, Director-HR, HAL, said, “HAL recognizes the need to adopt CSR as a strategic tool for addressing the concerns of the society around it. Understanding the requirements of the society and the Country at large, we prioritize our available Budget under CSR and address the issues. Augmentation of the capacities of government COVID Hospital, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, Telangana with an amount of Rs 8 crore which involved procurement of various medical equipment to support critical care facilities.”

HSD Srinivas, Director - Health, Tata Trusts, said, “Tata Trusts’ aim is to facilitate affordable, timely, and quality healthcare for the marginalised sections of the society. This is being done by promoting health-seeking behaviour and best practices, and bringing healthcare closer to where people live through appropriate technologies.” “One major determinant in making this happen is finding like-minded organisations to partner with, for greater impact. We are glad to have collaborated with HAL towards realising our common goal of achieving healthcare equity,” he added.

Dr K Manohar, Director, NIMS, said, “We are pleased to inform that from the support from Tata Trusts and HAL, there has been an immense increase in the number of patients who were managed and the quality of care with the availability of equipment. We would like to thank Tata Trusts and HAL immensely for their timely support of equipment and aid to our Institute particularly to ICU of the department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. The major benefits in addition to the increase in the number of patients that could be admitted to ICU for advanced intensive care management is the improvement in the quality and safety of patient care.” /BI/