NICU, operation theatre complex at MIMS renovated

The Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) has upgraded the healthcare facilities to provide hi-tech treatment to patients.

The State government-run MIMS on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway is one of the major hospitals in the State and attracts patients from the neighbouring districts of Mysuru, Ramanagaram, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Tumakuru.

With the number of patients coming to the hospital increasing by the day, the authorities recently renovated its Operation Theatre (OT) complex at a cost of Rs.1.5 crore and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a cost of Rs. 52 lakh.

Modernised

The operation theatre complex, with stainless steel wall partitions, is fully air conditioned and features state-of-the art modern facilities, Pushpa Sarkar, Director of MIMS, told The Hindu.

“We have renovated the hospital to ensure a comfortable and safe environment for performing surgical operations with all aseptic precautions,” she said.

The six-bed operation theatre complex is equipped with centralised Oxygen Pipeline System (OPS), work stations, electrically operated operation tables, operating microscope, portable ventilators, C-Arm machine, suction apparatus and nerve stimulator among others.

The complex is also equipped with automatic back-up generators to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

Ms. Sarkar said, the well-equipped and ultra-modern neonatal intensive care unit was renovated under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and it had adequate facilities to treat 25 babies at a time. On an average, 20-25 babies are born at MIMS every day. The unit treats preterm, low birth and babies born with respiratory infections, she said.

The NICU has 24-hour supply of oxygen, ventilators, baby-warmers, and phototherapy units. Bubble CPAP for babies with respiratory distress is also available, she said.

Meanwhile, the MIMS has established a separate unit to treat babies born at private hospitals but requiring continuous monitoring at NICU.

The hospital has deployed 12 nursing staff to take care of such babies, she said.