The Health department will implement the Code Grey protocol in hospitals across the State for the protection of hospitals and hospital workers, according to Health Minister Veena George.
Hospital overhead codes have been devised as part of hospitals’ emergency management and response to ensure that every member of the hospital staff has a clear idea of their role and response during an emergency. A uniform and pre-planned response to various emergencies can often save time as well as lives.
In many hospitals in the West, Code Grey is called to alert the hospital staff to a dangerous or combative person in the hospital or to criminal activity somewhere in the hospital.
