The Union Well being Ministry, together with AIIMS, Safdarjung, and Ram Manohar Lohia hospitals in Delhi, has cancelled all employees leaves indefinitely and activated emergency protocols amid a army standoff with Pakistan. The directive follows a preparedness evaluation by Well being Minister J P Nadda on Friday.
The Union Well being Ministry, together with AIIMS, Safdarjung, and Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospitals in Delhi, has cancelled all employees leaves indefinitely and activated emergency protocols amid heightened army tensions with Pakistan. The transfer follows a high-level evaluation of hospital preparedness by Well being Minister J P Nadda on Friday, the place officers had been instructed to make sure all medical emergency response techniques stay absolutely operational.
“In view of the present state of affairs, no go away of any variety, together with station go away, is to be granted to any officer, besides on medical grounds, till additional discover. Any go away already sanctioned stands cancelled, and all officers at present on go away are directed to renew their duties instantly,” learn the ministry order, directing controlling officers to implement the directive at once.
AIIMS Trauma Centre, RML, and Safdarjung hospitals subsequently issued comparable directions to their employees. “Pursuant to the Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare’s directive dated Might 9, 2025, and in mild of the prevailing state of affairs, no go away of any variety, together with station go away, can be granted to common or outsourced officers and officers, besides on medical grounds, till additional orders,” learn an inside order from the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
‘AIIMS Trauma Centre ready to deal with excessive quantity of sufferers’
The order additionally referenced a mass casualty administration drill carried out final week, affirming that the ability is ready to deal with a excessive quantity of sufferers with burns, gunshot wounds, and extreme head, neck, spinal, and chest accidents.
“We’ve got already organized for regular and ICU beds, and our operation theatres are absolutely geared up to handle a surge in sufferers. If required, medical employees will be reassigned from the principle AIIMS to the trauma centre,” mentioned Dr Rima Dada, professor in control of the AIIMS media cell.
Safdarjung officers instructed to bolster provides in hospital’s blood financial institution and guarantee emergency amenities
At Safdarjung Hospital, Extra Medical Superintendent Dr Charu Bamba chaired an inside evaluation assembly, directing officers to bolster provides within the hospital’s blood financial institution and guarantee emergency amenities are absolutely staffed. The assembly additionally mentioned contingency plans to shift sufferers from the New Emergency Block to the super-speciality block if wanted.
Through the ministry’s evaluation, Nadda emphasised the significance of creating ground-level coordination with state governments, significantly these alongside worldwide borders, to make sure fast medical response within the occasion of additional escalation.
India-Pakistan border tensions escalate
The activation of emergency protocols comes as India and Pakistan stay locked in a tense army standoff. On Thursday night time, India reportedly intercepted a recent wave of Pakistani drone and missile assaults focusing on army websites in Jammu, Pathankot, and different strategic places, following a sequence of strikes by the Indian armed forces below ‘Operation Sindoor’ earlier within the week. The state of affairs stays fluid, with intense shelling reported alongside the Line of Management (LoC) and Worldwide Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan, amid fears of a wider battle.
(With PTI inputs)