Mission ICU launches ICU bed facility in Tamenglong
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, May 05 2022: Mission ICU, a social initiative focused on improving the critical healthcare infrastructure in the country, has launched a state-of-the-art 10-bed ICU facility in Tamenglong District Hospital, with the support of Kantar to address the pressing needs of district and sub-district hospitals.

Mission ICU has already completed installation of 100 ICU beds across the country and will now be working with the district hospitals in north eastern states of India to improve the critical healthcare infrastructure, starting with Tamenglong, said a release.

Elaborating on the initiative, Maanoj Shah, co-founder of Mission ICU, said, "Our aim is to create a sustainable impact that lasts beyond COVID, by equipping public hospitals with state-of-the-art ICU bed facilities.

With implementation of robust infrastructure at the heart of our organisation, Mission ICU has already been successful in installing 100 ICU beds across the country...We are further amplifying our operations this time with focus on the northeastern states of India, starting with Tamenglong".

According to Preeti Reddy, who is chairwoman of Insights Division, South Asia at Kantar, Mission ICU has been at the forefront of improving the critical healthcare infrastructure in the remotest parts of India.

She informed that the new 10-ICU beds facility in Tamenglong is the 11th facility they have installed and conveyed that Mission ICU's efforts are aligned with Kantar's vision of improving the lives of those without access to life-saving healthcare.

It is said that Tamenglong district was shortlisted after a detailed study of the state of medical infrastructure in several districts of Manipur.

The district was found to be most eligible to receive assistance as the current critical care infrastructure is inadequate in capacity.

The new critical care facility installed by Mission ICU increased the critical care capacity by 200 per cent.

Through this set up, Mission ICU would also extend support to the sub-district hospital in Tamenglong.

"We are excited at the prospect of extending our services with the support of Mission ICU, which will help us provide quality critical-care facilities to patients in remote areas like Tamenglong.

The new ICU beds would greatly boost the treatment facilities for critical patients and create more confidence in our staff.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized the dire needs of ICU Beds.

We are grateful to team Mission ICU and everyone involved, for making our dream of establishing an ICU ward into reality", said Dr G Majachunglu, CMO, Tamenglong.

Each set of 10 ICU Beds facilities costs around Rs 45 lakh.

The operational expenditure of Mission ICU is supported by the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) SAMRIDH Health initiative.

The hospitals were shortlisted post verification of numerous factors such as ability to accommodate extra beds, case load during COVID, population ratio and existing medical infrastructure.

Mission ICU is a collaborative initiative powered by CHD group with a sole motto to augment the healthcare infrastructure.

A brainchild of Dr Ashwin Naik, Maanoj Shah and Dr Edmond Fernandes, Mission ICU is on a mission to increase preparedness for any healthcare crises and build a sustainable solution with long term positive impacts, added the release.

Comment