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INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE BY IND GOV
Guidelines for Citizens
Accidents and Injuries (Trauma)
In case of major injury or accident where the person need immediate first aid, either call Centralized Accidents & Trauma Services (CATS) or Police control room or the Ambulance or take the person to the nearest hospital or to Sushruta Trauma Centre behind IP College. Major Hospitals where CT scan with intensive care (ICU) facilities with ventilator support are available:
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Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi Gate
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Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
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Safdarjang Hospital
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AIIMS
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Hindu Rao Hospital, Civil Lines
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Deen Dayal Hospital, Hari Nagar
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Sushruta Trauma Centre, behind IP College
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In Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden (intensive care facilities with ventilator support without CT scan)
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GuruNanak Eye Centre - for Eye related trauma
Burns
In case of Burns, take the patient to any of these hospitals :
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Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi Gate
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Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi
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Safdarjang Hospital
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AIIMS
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Hindu Rao Hospital, Civil Lines
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ESI Hospital, Basai Darapur
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Deen Dayal Hospital, Hari Nagar
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Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden
Drowning
In case of drowning, call the Fire Service (101) or Police Control Room (100) or Centralised Ambulance and Trauma Services (1099) for help and take the patient to any one of the above hospitals.
For Minor injuries or accident one may also contact :
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Swami Dayanand Hospital, Shahdara
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Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rohini
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RaoTula Ram Hospital, Jafar Pur Kalan
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Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Jahangir Puri
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Lal Bahadur Hospital, Khichdi Pur
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Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital, Civil Lines
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Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, Raghubir Nagar
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Charak Palika Hospital, Moti Bagh
Any person can take the injured person to any hospital and it will not be mandatory for him/her to reveal his/her identity.
No Hospital or nursing home, private or government can refuse emergency treatment even if the case is indicated as medicolegal case according to a supreme court judgement. The doctor attending first in such cases will exactly record the findings and provide them to the authorities as and when required
Dog Bite & Snakebite
Dog Bite
In case of dog bite wash the wound liberally with water and soap and take the person to the nearest Delhi Government Hospital for treatment of the wound. Rabies vaccination is available free at all Delhi Government hospitals.
Snake Bite
Snake bite is an emergency and the person bitten should be tken immediately to the hospital. Treatment for Snakebite is available free in all Delhi Government hospitals.
Unconsciousness
Any type of unconsciousness is a medical emergency and requires immediate medical care. The unconsciousness may be a result of Injury or trauma, or poisoning or other diseases like cerebrovascular accidents, hypertension, diabetes mellitus etc.
In case of unconsciousness, take the patient to any of the nearby hospitals where emergency services are available.
Heart Attack
The symptoms of heart attack (Myocardial Infarction) are:
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Severe pain / pressure in chest
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Breathlessness, sweating and cold extremities
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Immense Anxiety
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Sudden unconsciousness
A patient having symptoms of heart attack may be taken to the following hospitals where Intensive Cardiac Care (ICCU) facilities are available:
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Lok Nayak Hospital, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg
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Guru Teg Bahdur Hospital, Shahdara
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Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi
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Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, Panchkuian Road
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Safdarjang Hospital
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AIIMS
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Hindu Rao Hospital, Civil Lines
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ESI Hospital, Basai Darapur
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Deen Dayal Hospital, Hari Nagar
Any other Medical Emergency
During dispensary hours (8.00 Am to 2.00 PM) contact the nearest dispensary or outside dispensary hours take the patient to the nearest hospital.
Outbreak of Diseases
Contact the nearest health facility or the District Nodal Officers of the area for reporting any outbreak of disease (a large number of cases of the diseases in the area) that is likely to be epidemic prone for example, measles, chickenpox, dengue haemorrhagic fever, cholera, jaundice (viral hepatitis) etc. For dengue haemorrhagic fever one can also contact the National Institute of Communicable Diseases at 22, Shamnath Marg directly.
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