The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland, is set to launch the 10BedICU project with chief minister Neiphiu Rio as the Special Guest, on Friday, 6 January 2023.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangyu Phom, will be the Chief Host at the occasion.
The first programme will be held at Nagaland Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) where Rio will inaugurate and tour the Tele ICU Hub. The second programme will be held at Kohima Capital Cultural Centre, where 10BedICU will be launched.
The Guests of Honour will be Vinod Khosla, founder partner at Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park California; Srikanth Nadhamuni, chairman of 10BedICU; and Nandan Nilekani, chairman of INFOSYS.
10BedICU is a Private-Public Partnership project (PPP) with the “intend to create at least a minimum of 10 Bed ICU facility in as many districts/blocks as possible in order to provide coverage to the largest number of people.”
The donor donates the entire ICU equipment, CARE software module (a Pandemic management cloud software system) and the TeleICU software to the state government and the state provides space for the 10BedICU ward at an existing hospital along with necessary electrical, oxygen supply, AC and other items and the medical staff and medical supplies to make the ICU ward fully functional.
A Project Management Unit (PMU) consisting of senior officials from the Government and the 10BedICU partners is set up at the state level and is responsible for planning, administering, and supervising the implementation of the Project.
Join us for the simultaneous launch of 10BedICUs in all district hospitals & TeleICU hub at Nagaland, by Hon’ble CM Shri Neiphiu Rio, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Srikanth Nadhamuni (Chairman 10BedICU). Join us at Kohima https://t.co/FuvNEqeU12 @HDFCBankCSR @HealthNagaland pic.twitter.com/fIJ8U6J3lA
— 10BedICU (@10BedICU) January 5, 2023
The 10BedICU organisation was founded in June 2021 when the country was brought to her knees by the second wave of Covid-19. Since then, the founders and partners have come together to address the desperate need for improving the “critical care infrastructure of rural government hospitals”.
Tomorrow, the project will be launched in 12 district hospitals in Dimapur, Kohima, Kiphire, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Noklak, Peren, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha and Zunheboto.
While the 10 bedded ICU at Dimapur’s District Hospital will be donated by HDFC Bank CSR, the donor of the ICUs for the remaining 11 district hospitals is Vinod Khosla.
With the help of the Tele ICU tooling, “specialists in Urban Command Centres will be able to monitor the patients remotely and advise on the right treatment.”
Overwhelming support from all quarters of Govt. of Nagaland has emboldened us to dream big wrt 10BedICUs & healthcare outcomes. @BisoyaLoitongb1 10BedICU NE & policy lead, with Hon @Neiphiu_Rio @pangnyu @Amardeep2009 @HealthNagaland @mansukhmandviya @MoHFW_INDIA @AyushmanNHA pic.twitter.com/x27Ugro12s
— 10BedICU (@10BedICU) January 5, 2023
Best New Year gift to our people
Y Kikheto Sema, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary Health and Family Welfare, in a video message declared: “the launching of 10BedICU is going to be the best New Year gift to our people.”
He also said that beginning from the month of January, sick patients from the remote districts will no longer need to travel to Kohima to seek medical attention.
Sema assured that the government will ensure that each 10 bed ICUs will have adequate manpower and that “nurses and the doctors will be trained”.
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Speaking about the Tele-ICU, the Commissioner & Secretary of H&FW said the doctors in Kohima will be able to advise or guide the ICUs in the other districts if the need arises.
Thanking the donors, the organisation and the people involved in the project, Sema said because of them Nagaland will be better prepared should there be a third wave in the future.
