Intensive Healthcare Infrastructure IMPROVED in Bengal Districts: Health Dept Survey

Written by Garima Published On 2018-10-04T09:00:00+05:30 | Updated On 4 Oct 2018 9:00 AM IST

Intensive Healthcare Infrastructure IMPROVED in Bengal Districts: Health Dept Survey

Kolkata: The intensive healthcare infrastructure in the districts is much improved now, according to a recent survey by the West Bengal Health Department.

This has resulted in much less pressure on the medical college hospitals in Kolkata, and top-quality healthcare is now spread out across the state.

Much lower number of patients are referred to these hospitals nowadays as the same standards of critical care are available in the district, sub-divisional and rural hospitals.

The creation of intensive care infrastructure on a statewide level started from 2013, following a report presented by the health-related Multidisciplinary Expert Group.

The number of critical care units (CCU) in Bengal now is 43 and the number of high-dependency units (HDU), 24.

Garima

Garima joined Medical Dialogues in the year 2017 and is currently working as a Senior Editor. She looks after all the Healthcare news pertaining to Medico-legal cases, NMC/DCI decisions, Medical Education issues, government policies as well as all the news and updates concerning Medical and Dental Colleges in India. She is a graduate from Delhi University and pursuing MA in Journalism and Mass Communication. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751