SKIMS emergency gets makeover

Srinagar, August 19: The Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Srinagar has upgraded its emergency and is planning to have guidelines and standard operating procedure (SOP) for all emergencies.
As per officials the institute has conducted the recruitment of Senior Residents which is almost in the final stage and it is expected to help improve the patient care.
“Senior nurses have been relocated and adjusted at the emergency department. It will also help in proper care to the patients. Earlier there was a problem as Junior Residents were posted in the emergency and they would hardly make any decisions for patients,” an official said.
Director Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Srinagar, Prof. (Dr.) M. Ashraf Ganie said that causality, emergency as well as the triage has been improved. The pediatric ward has also been separated.
He said that the institute is planning to have guidelines and standard operating procedure (SOP) for all the common emergencies for which doctors would be given training.
“There will be a proper algorithm for what to do next in case of any emergency case and the concerned doctor will automatically know what is the best step and these algorithms will be there after a workshop,” the director said.
The institute has also proposed a new building for its trauma centre and emergency which in the long run will add to the patient care at the largest tertiary care hospital.
“We are working on how to make emergencies better and tackle the huge rush. We will take the required measures to ensure that the SKIMS emergency is better,” he said.
On a daily basis, SKIMS emergency bears a huge brunt of patients from hospitals and across different parts of Kashmir valley.
Being one of the largest tertiary care hospitals, SKIMS alone receives nearly 19,000 referral cases per year just like other tertiary care hospitals in the city.
Medical emergencies, including road traffic injuries, constitute one of the major causes of death in India.
In Jammu and Kashmir, many hospitals have made uneven progress in improving the emergency services in hospitals and require upgradation.