100 bed burns and plastic surgery block to come up at AIIMS
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New Delhi: A 100 bed Burns and Plastic Surgery Block will come up at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to provide state of the art primary and tertiary care for burn patients.
The proposal has been approved by the Union Health Ministry and the AIIMS authorities are in the process of seeking clearances from the concerned agencies to start the construction.
"The ten storeyed building will come up at existing Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS premises. It will also have laboratory for regenerative medicine so that we are able to develop artificial skin for the burn victims," said AIIMS Director M C Mishra.
The proposal is the brain child of Dr Maneesh Singhal of the department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, AIIMS.
He said an estimated 6 to 7 million people suffered burn injuries in India annually. Nearly 10 per cent of these are life threatening and require hospitalisation.
"Even in the capital city, there are less than 200 beds for burn management to cater to the needs of burn victims. The matter that really burdens the crumbling infrastructure in the capital is the fact that most of the burn patients are from outside Delhi, coming from other states as far as Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh," said Dr Singhal.
The proposal has been approved by the Union Health Ministry and the AIIMS authorities are in the process of seeking clearances from the concerned agencies to start the construction.
"The ten storeyed building will come up at existing Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS premises. It will also have laboratory for regenerative medicine so that we are able to develop artificial skin for the burn victims," said AIIMS Director M C Mishra.
The proposal is the brain child of Dr Maneesh Singhal of the department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, AIIMS.
He said an estimated 6 to 7 million people suffered burn injuries in India annually. Nearly 10 per cent of these are life threatening and require hospitalisation.
"Even in the capital city, there are less than 200 beds for burn management to cater to the needs of burn victims. The matter that really burdens the crumbling infrastructure in the capital is the fact that most of the burn patients are from outside Delhi, coming from other states as far as Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh," said Dr Singhal.
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