As a part of the health preparedness efforts under Operation Sindoor, indigenously designed portable hospitals, the BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita & Maitri) cubes were delivered to key areas at the India-Pakistan Border.

This undertaking is a part of the Aarogya Maitri initiative to provide humanitarian relief through support and medical aid to other countries during disaster situations. The project has deployed these cubes during the Maha Kumbh where they treated a patient with cardiac arrest and were even provided to Ukraine on a pro-bono basis during the Russia Ukraine conflict.

Under the BHISHM program, portable hospitals contained within 72 portable cubes, with each cube containing various medical equipment like surgical instruments, transfusion equipment etc. were made that contain Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagged equipment that can be rapidly deployed in different areas and set up within 12 minutes to cater to mass casualty events.

These portable hospitals have the ability to function as operation theatres and even collect blood from local donors to cater to transfusion needs in an emergency situation.

A team from HLL Lifecare Limited delivered these cubes to Jammu, Rishikesh, Bhatinda, Kolkata and Shillong and even trained local healthcare staff to use these facilities.