Indian Air Force tests Arogya Maitri Cube, world's first air-lifted portable hospital

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on May 2024, successfully tested the deployment of the Arogya Maitri Cube, world's first air-lifted portable hospital, emphasizing faster disaster management capabilities.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) was ranked third in the world in 2023 for air power by the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA). The IAF's ranking was based on the WDMMA's True Value Rating (TvR) formula, which considers factors like defense capacity, attack power, and modernization.

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Air Force tests Arogya Maitri Cube, world's first air-lifted portable hospital

 

That sounds like a good idea

 

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I can see a use in large counties such as India with more remote areas, than in countries like he UK who have a wide distribution of hospitals.
The problem in both cases could be the proximity of an airport, could they be packed in smaller cases that could be varied to meet the size of the incident and lowered from a helicopter.
When we have situations such as the weather changing on the mountains and people getting cut off, a single unit could also be dropped along with a paramedic to provide some shelter when an air lift is too dangerous.
I can see several uses in a variety of situations, but flexibility will be the key to success.

 

I had a futuristic idea of drones carrying such portable hospitals to remote regions or disaster struck areas, with facilities for teleconferencing medicine, robots able to assemble such hospitals in short periods as well as diagnosing medical issues aided by artificial intelligence, scanning sensors and administering medicine or needed surgeries.

Or the interface of the AI enhanced computer systems being so user-friendly that the patient's illness is quickly diagnosed and the requisite medicine being given along with oral and printed instructions.

 

I do not trust AI when it comes to medical conditions, since their are so many variables.
A good example is the way that carbon monoxide is so often missed. This is because CO and O2 have such similar molecular weights that pulse oximetry does not differentiate them, causing life support machines to show oxygen levels correct while the patient is effectively downing. 70% oxygen should always be the first step, while preparing the patient for transfusion.
Since their is a slight difference in the molecular weights, the body will slowly replace carbon monoxide, but this naturally takes around 21 days, so in severe cases it is too late.
Part of the slow diagnosis problem is that CO drowning is so rare here in the UK. Perhaps in India it is more common.
I insist on calling CO poisoning drowning, since there is no chemical or physical reaction in the respiratory system.

 

15th Medical Bttn., 1st Air Cav.,1965, Vietnam.

 

@Piobaire

I suppose you are talking about the MUST.

Is there a new upgraded version of this !

I think the Japanese and Germans are bound to improve on this concept to the futuristic version.