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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.
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.
Departments such as Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Surgical Gastroenterology, Urology & Renal Transplantation Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesiology and Accident and Emergency will function in the new building.
Inaugurating the new block, the Chief Minister said the facility will help the common people to get better modern treatment.
In his address, Mandavya said the seven-storeyed facility with 500 beds including 190 ICU beds, will cater to the tertiary health care needs of not only Kozhikode but neighbouring districts too.
He said the Central government was working in convergence with the Kerala government through several initiatives.
''The completion of this super specialty block set up under PHASE-III of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at Government Medical College, Kozhikode is an excellent example of this vibrant cooperative federalism among Union Government and the State government,'' the Union Minister said.
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Kajal joined Medical Dialogue in 2019 for the Latest Health News. She has done her graduation from the University of Delhi. She mainly covers news about the Latest Healthcare. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.