Kerala CM inaugurates 500 bedded super speciality block at GMC Kozhikode
The seven-storey hospital has 500 beds which include 190 ICU beds along with nineteen Modular operation theatres and equipment like C-Arm, MRI, CT scan, CSSD, and multi-organ transplant facilities. This will add facilities for five Surgical Super Specialty Departments, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology.;
Kerala: The surgical super-specialty building block constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at the Government Medical College Hospital (GMC Kozhikode) has been inaugurated by the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Mansukh Mandavya presided over the function via video conferencing.
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The new block is set up under PHASE-III of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.
Started in 1957, the hospital caters to tertiary health care in seven neighbouring districts. The super specialty building having an area of 2.57 lakh square feet is set up within 273 acres of a college campus with a project cost of Rs 195.93 crore, which includes Rs 120 crore as a Central Government share and Rs 75.93 crore as a State Government share.
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