New Delhi, March 9 || District hospital casualty wards should be urgently converted into fully functional Emergency Care Departments with triage, resuscitation, and other facilities, panellists said in a post‑Budget webinar session, according to an official statement on Monday.
These emergency care departments should also have ambulance bays, diagnostics, and emergency operating theatres.
A Post‑Budget webinar session was conducted where discussions focused on strengthening of Emergency and Trauma Care Centres and boosting pre‑hospital response, integrating the 112 Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) with ambulance services and hospitals, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.