New Delhi’s gift to Kyiv: 4 BHISHM cubes for emergency medical care

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A statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said President Zelenskyy thanked Prime Minister Modi for the cubes, a critical tool that will help expedite the treatment of the injured and save precious lives amid the war with Russia.

The BHISHM cubes have been developed under the government’s Project Aarogya Maitri, a programme to provide essential medical supplies to developing countries as humanitarian assistance.

Describing the cubes, the MEA statement said each one consists of medicines and equipment for the first line of care for all kinds of injuries and medical situations. It also includes surgical equipment for a basic Operation Room that can manage 10-15 basic surgeries per day.

“The cube has the capacity to handle about 200 cases of diverse nature in emergency situations such as trauma, bleeding, burns, fractures, etc. It can also generate its own power and oxygen in limited amounts,” the MEA statement said.

A team of experts from India has been deployed to provide initial training to the Ukrainian side to operate the cube, the statement added. The humanitarian gesture, the MEA said, underscored “India’s continued commitment to provide humanitarian assistance” to war-torn Ukraine.

Meanwhile, during his visit to Kyiv, PM Modi also interacted with Ukrainian students learning Hindi at the School of Oriental Studies in Kyiv.