Kolkata: Mission ICU, a social initiative focused on improving the critical healthcare infrastructure in the country, launched a state-of-the-art 10 bed ICU facility in the district hospital Tamenglong, Manipur, with the support of Kantar to address the pressing needs of district and sub district hospitals, says a press release.
The initiative is a step towards bolstering the critical care infrastructure across hospitals in dire need of assistance amidst the impending fourth wave. Mission ICU has already completed installation of 100 ICU beds across the country and is now working with the district hospitals in Northeastern states of India, to improve the critical healthcare infrastructure, starting with Tamenglong.
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. Mission ICU has already been successful in installing 100 ICU beds across the country.
Maanoj Shah said, “We are amplifying our operations with focus on the Northeastern states of India, starting with Tamenglong and thereafter a few other districts.”
Preeti Reddy, Chairwoman- Insights Division, South Asia at Kantar said, “Mission ICU’s efforts are aligned with Kantar’s vision of improving the lives of those without access to life-saving healthcare. We are proud to be associated with Mission ICU’s commendable work and wish the team success in their endeavors.”
The location was shortlisted after a detailed study of the state of medical infrastructure in several districts of Manipur. A due diligence form was sent to the district surgeon/civil surgeon to comprehend the condition of all district and sub-district hospitals following which Tamenglong was found to be most eligible to receive assistance as the current critical care infrastructure is inadequate in capacity.
Mission ICU is also working towards the ‘ICU Mapping Project’ that will focus on mapping the critical healthcare infrastructure facilities across the country, starting with North-Eastern States.
In line with Mission ICU’s philosophy, the aim of this ‘ICU Papping’ initiative is to identify and document the on-ground reality of the current state of critical care healthcare facilities in under-resourced hospital, so as to create a robust long-term plan for sustainable impact, derived from data driven insights.
Dr. G Majachunglu, CMO, Tamenglong District, Manipur, said, “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.”
Dr. G Majachunglu said, “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.”
Each set of 10 ICU Beds facilities costs around 45 lakhs. The operational expenditure of Mission ICU is supported by the U.S. 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.