Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital gets a new block
The bed strength of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
Government Hospital, attached to the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government
Medical College in the city, will cross the 1,000-mark once the new
super speciality block is commissioned.
The super
speciality block, which is set to be opened soon, will add 440 beds to
the hospital which has 660 beds. Recently, a maternity block with 180
beds was opened at the hospital.
Twelve super
speciality departments will be housed at the new block being established
at a cost of Rs.100 crore, including Rs. 55 crore for the construction
of the ground plus six-floor building and Rs. 45 crore for equipment.
The
new block will house the departments of orthopaedics and radio
diagnosis, cardiology, and cardiothoracic surgery, neurology and
neurosurgery, nephrology and urology, paediatric and plastic surgery,
medical and surgical gastroenterology, medical and surgical oncology.
Each of these departments will have bout 30 beds each. The new block
will have eight major operation theatres and two smaller ones.
“The civil works on the new building was nearing completion. The Public
Works Department which has constructed the building is likely to hand
over the building to us by the end of this month. Necessary medical
equipment are to be installed soon, paving the way for the inauguration
of the block,” said P. Karkuzhali, Dean, K.A.P. Viswanatham Government
Medical College. Additional doctors and staff would be posted depending
on the requirement, she added.
Dr. Karkuzhali, who
took charge recently, said the establishment of super specialty
departments would help the college to start more postgraduate courses.
The college has applied for permission to the Medical Council of India
for starting MD in pathology with two seats from the next academic year.
She indicated that a proposal for construction of a
medicine and surgery block would be drawn up. With the strengthening of
the departments and infrastructure, the hospital would be able to serve
more number of patients. A waiting shed for visitors would be built
near the new maternity block soon, she added.
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