In response to potential emergencies, Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda convened a High Level Review Meeting with senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on May 9th, 2025. The focus was on strengthening health systems and resources across the country through comprehensive measures such as deploying ambulances, securing medical supplies like equipment, medicines, blood vials, and consumables, ensuring hospital readiness with adequate beds, ICUs, and HDUs, and establishing mobile trauma care units known as BHISHM Cubes. Hospitals were instructed to guarantee access to essential drugs, oxygen, and trauma kits, coordinating with state administrations, doctors' associations, nurses, paramedics, private sector hospitals, charitable institutions, the armed forces, and the Indian Red Cross Society. Additional training was recommended for CPR, first aid, and basic life support through collaborations like AIIMS New Delhi, the National Institute of Health Family Welfare, NIHFW, and iGOT. The Union Health Secretary reported on meetings with state officials to ensure coordinated efforts at all levels of central and state governments, leading to the establishment of a 24/7 command center for monitoring health system capacities across regions to guarantee uninterrupted healthcare services in emergencies.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The government ministry responsible for health and family welfare policies and programs.
Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda: The Union Minister of Health, named J P Nadda, who chaired the High Level Review Meeting.
High Level Review Meeting: A meeting chaired by the Union Health Minister to review emergency health systems preparedness.
Emergency Health Systems: The systems and resources in place to handle health emergencies.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - the agency that posted the information.
Health Ministry: Refers to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
BHISHM Cubes: Advanced mobile trauma care units.
AIIMS New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - a central government hospital.
PGIMER: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, likely referring to the one in Chandigarh, a premier hospital.
JIPMER: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, a premier hospital.
CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Indian Red Cross Society: A humanitarian organization providing support in healthcare and disaster relief.
National Institute of Health Family Welfare NIHFW: National Institute of Health and Family Welfare.
iGOT: Integrated Government Online Training platform, an initiative for capacity building.
Union Health Secretary: The secretary of the Union Ministry of Health.
statesUTs: States and Union Territories of India.
HFWHFM: Abbreviation likely representing Health and Family Welfare/Health and Family Medicine.
09 MAY 2025: Date of the press release and review meeting.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda chairs High
Level Review Meeting on Emergency Health
Systems Preparedness
Briefed on the urgent and comprehensive measures
taken to strengthen Health Systems and Resources
across the Country
Posted On: 09 MAY 2025 5:18PM by PIB Delhi
Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda chaired a high-level meeting to review emergency health systems
preparedness with senior officers of the Health Ministry.
The current status of medical preparedness for handling emergency cases was presented to him. He was
apprised of the actions taken regarding deployment of ambulances; ensuring adequate availability of medical
supplies including equipment, medicines, supply of blood vials and consumables; hospital readiness in terms
of beds, ICU and HDU; deployment of BHISHM Cubes, advanced mobile trauma care units etc. .
Hospitals and medical institutions have been advised to ensure availability of essential drugs, adequate supply
of blood, oxygen, trauma care kits etc. AIIMS New Delhi and other central government hospitals have
mobilised doctors and nurses with supplies for ready deployment. They have been advised to coordinate with
state and district administration, armed forces and regional associations of doctors, nurses, paramedics, private
sector hospitals, charitable institutions etc., to strengthen the emergency response networks in a collaborative
manner.
Additionally, nationwide mock drills for disaster preparedness have been conducted at AIIMS, PGIMER,
JIPMER and other premier hospitals. For capacity building in emergency healthcare, additional training
modules for CPR, first aid, and basic life support are being rolled out with support from Indian Red Cross
Society, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), AIIMS New Delhi and iGOT. Union
Health Secretary apprised about series of her meetings with states/UTs, and central government hospitals and
healthcare institutes for seamless coordination with relevant stakeholders at the centre and within the states for
ensuring effective response.
Union Health Minister has directed to ensure that all medical emergency response health systems be
adequately equipped and functional at all times. He also directed to ensure that ground level linkages with all
state governments particularly at the district levels, especially border states, be effectively established to
ensure immediate emergency healthcare, if required. He also directed that a 24*7 control and command centre
in the Ministry should monitor ongoing efforts and support states in the present times.
Union Health Ministry is closely monitoring the situation and remains committed to ensuring uninterrupted
healthcare services and emergency response across all regions.
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