Dateline: Miracles do happen! Thanks to the time intervention of Himalayan Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Wheels a precious life was saved by transport of a new born baby from Haldwani to the Himalayan Hospital in Dehradun .
In the first-of-its-kind, a recent incident involving Himalayan Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Wheels an extreme pre-term baby, of just 24 weeks of gestation period and weighing merely 700 grams was safely transported in the swiftest time possible for timely medical treatment.
The baby was transported from a private hospital in Haldwani to Himalayan Hospital Jollygrant, situated at a distance of over 250 kms, in difficult weather conditions.
The neonate was suffering from multiple complications, had respiratory issues and required mechanical ventilation. It had to be fed enroute. And there were many other complications associated with a baby prematurely born.
But thanks to the Himalayan Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Wheels, not only was the baby transported all the way in the quickest possible time, but was given the best medical treatment required enroute.
The transport team of HIMS consisted of expert doctors and nurse, which made the transport of such a critical neonate successful. Their high skills and neonate-centric attributes won the day for them. The baby required Life Support and was put on a ventilator and other critical support mechanism through out the journey.
Congratulating the team, Chancellor Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dr Vijay Dhasmana stated that, “Diseased newborns and children can get immediate treatment at your doorstep, with the availability of Advanced Neonatal Transport Ambulance at HIMS. I am relieved that we can now make use of the facility to transfer ailing newborns and infants from hospital to home or vice versa (home to hospital). Our people living in the remote regions especially can take advantage of this intensive care nursery, to reach the Himalayan Hospital from other hospitals or remote areas. We are committed to improving infant mortality rate, by reaching the nearest hospital in time and retrieving the needy and sick baby effectively and safely.”
What is NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
An ambulance equipped with state-of-the-art facilities including incubator, ventilator, monitor and other specialized equipment, to keep the suffering child safe during transportation to the hospital, even from remote areas 200 to 300 km away is now available for the people of Uttarakhand.
To avail the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Wheels facility contact: –
Himalayan Hospital
Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant, Dehradun
0135-2471422
