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Renovated casualty open

Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup

Well equipped: Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy inspecting the renovated casualty wing at the Kozhikode Medical College on Sunday.

Kozhikode: Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy threw open the renovated casualty wing of the Government Medical College Hospital here on Sunday.

The renovation cost was Rs.49 lakh. Modern equipment, bought at a cost of Rs.1 crore, have been installed.

The Minister went around the wing with medical college Principal P.V. Narayanan.

The casualty wing now has an information counter, an examination hall, separate observation rooms for men and women, a nurses’ station, a special room for patients admitted on critical conditions, an emergency operation theatre and x-ray and ECG rooms. There are specialty wings and facilities for dressing and washing and those for medicine, surgery, orthopaedic, dental and ENT departments.

Special operation theatres have been set up for orthopaedic surgery. Every patient can be observed from the nurses’ station, manned by a nursing superintendent and eight staff nurses. The wards can be reached from the casualty wing.

A public relations officer has been appointed to inform relatives of patients the status of those admitted and the details of diseases.

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