Hyderabad: Osmania General Hospital receives donation of medical equipment worth Rs 65 lakh
Hyderabad: Aiming to enhance patient care in the state, a central-owned public sector Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has donated state-of-the-art medical equipment worth Rs 65 lakh to Osmania General Hospital (OGH).
The initiative was taken as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity. The equipment was donated to provide sustainable healthcare benefits to poor patients who visit the hospital in hope of receiving proper treatment.
Telangana Medical Education Director, Dr K Ramesh Reddy inaugurated the equipment at the departments of gastroenterology, venereology, and leprosy (DVL) in OGH. Principal of Osmania Medical College, Dr Shashikala and other health officials were present at the occasion.
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The medical equipment includes a High Resolution (HR) Manometry, used to evaluate the oesophagal motor function, lasers and whole body PUVA or photochemotherapy machine for ultraviolet radiation treatment (phototherapy) to treat severe skin diseases.
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