Sharing a post on the social media platform ‘X’ PM Modi said, “Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita & Maitri (BHISHM) is a unique effort which will ensure medical facilities in a rapidly deployable manner.It consists of cubes which contain medicines and equipment for medical care. Today, presented BHISHM cubes to President Zelenskyy.”
What are Bhishm cubes
Bhishm was initiated under the umbrella of Project Aarogya Maitri, a programme to provide crucial medical supplies to developing nations for humanitarian aid. The purpose of the initiative is to deliver all basic facilities and equipment for providing emergency medical care in an easy to use and rapidly deployable manner, the officials said.
This mobile hospital consists of all essential medicines and equipment in cubical boxes that are each of 15 inches, in a well-organised manner. They are arranged in accordance with the type of medical assistance and injuries that could happen in a war or natural disaster.
These mini cubes are said to be then positioned on a strong, adjustable, which allows multi-mode transportation -by air, sea, land and drone. In addition to this, the cubes can be carried by an individual too as their maximum weight is 20 kg.
As per the officials, one cube can manage about 200 emergency situations of diverse nature including trauma, bleeding, burns, fractures, shock, along with managing initial triage and classification. They also said that the cubes also provide the ability to support basic surgeries and can generate power and oxygen in limited amounts and duration.
The decision to give 4 such cubes was taken prior to PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine, the country engaged in an ongoing war with Russia.
(With inputs from agencies)