Hospital authorities should now be better prepared for handling high inflow of victims of terror attacks; they have a guidebook prepared by the Sir JJ Group of Hospitals that will help deal with challenges that injuries sustained in such attacks pose.
A disaster management plan was drawn up by surgeons from the hospital after they conducted a year-long study on terror attack preparedness following the 26/11 attacks. The study and the plan were published in the British Journal of Surgery on Wednesday.
Dr Ajay Bhandarwar, associate professor, general surgery department, Sir JJ Group of Hospitals said the 26/11 attacks were unique because “till then, the city had seen blasts in different parts of the city. But in this attack, it was like warfare, were we got a majority of bullet injury cases and blast cases, and that too in large numbers from one place. The city was held hostage and victims kept pouring in.”
The study stresses the need for safe on-site assessment of casualties and training of doctors by military personnel with expertise in handling terror attacks.
Dr Girish D Bakshi, who was part of the team of six doctors who conducted the study, said interns at hospitals should also be taught disaster management.
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