{"id":13945,"date":"2021-10-23T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.biltrax.com\/?p=13945"},"modified":"2022-02-26T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T09:35:11","slug":"life-cmf-post-industrial-waste-to-primary-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh040.global.temp.domains\/~vitamind\/biltrax.mediacontent\/life-cmf-post-industrial-waste-to-primary-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Life CMF- Post Industrial Waste to Primary Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The statistics of patients and death tolls owing to the COVID-19 pandemic have posed dire questions on the availability of primary healthcare infrastructure across the world. This overwhelming chaos surfaced the need to reinvigorate the spatial configuration for primary healthcare facilities in times of crisis and emergency. We are painfully aware that hospitals can no longer suffice the blows from such pandemic waves. Architecture Discipline<\/a>, a multi-disciplinary architecture practice, has proposed a modular solution to create a comprehensive community medical facility- \u201cLife Community Medical Facility (Life CMF)\u201d. Akshat Bhatt, the principal architect, has repurposed the humble shipping containers to create prefabricated pods that will comprise diagnostics, intensive care, and isolation and recovery units. He explains, “Globally, healthcare systems have been overwhelmed fighting the pandemic and a growing population of infected people. Temporary, ad-hoc solutions are a viable alternative to conventional medical facilities, aiding the treatment of vulnerable affected communities.\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

LIFE CMF is a community-oriented and patient-directed installation that aims to deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, and high-quality primary health care services. It integrates access to disease screening, pharmacy, test labs, OPD consultations, emergency treatment, IPD care and treatment and recovery management, quarantine, and isolation, right in the vicinity of the patient’s location. Each CMF can adapt to providing primary as well as emergency health care integrating a variety of medical services including mental health, substance use disorder, and oral health services. The modular assembly of Life CMF allows it to be deployed in inaccessible regions and vulnerable communities, like disaster-struck areas, war zones, or refugee colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n