KEM hospital installs scanner for security

In a move to tighten security, KEM hospital has installed scanner to check the baggage of people who enter the hospital. KEM would be the first public hospital to start this initiative.

“I have been concerned about the security for a long time, especially after the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts inside hospitals,” said Dr Sanjay Oak, medical director, Medical Education and Major hospitals and dean of KEM hospital.

On July 26, 2008, 21 bomb blasts hit Ahmedabad city, including two blasts at public hospitals which killed 56 people and injured nearly 200.

“We will also give two passes to relatives of the sick people who are admitted to the hospital from July 1,” said Dr Oak. 
He added that if the plan succeeds, they will implement it in two other major hospitals — LTMG hospital and BYL Nair hospital.