Old casualty block at Kozhikode MCH to get a new lease of life using CSR funds
The Health department is planning to renovate the old casualty block of the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds
The Health department is planning to renovate the old casualty block of the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds. According to sources, the hospital authorities have already given a proposal for ₹55 lakh to the Directorate of Medical Education (DME). The issue was discussed when Health Minister K. Muraleedharan visited the hospital recently. The casualty section is now functioning out of the PMSSY block. The sources say that the old casualty block is a 35-year-old building, which has a leaky roof.
Repairing the roof, along with taking up other works, will help accommodate more patients in the building. The plan is to have at least two wards of the General Medicine department there. Along with this, the authorities are planning to create space for an examination hall, a blood transfusion section, and an Infectious Disease Research & Diagnostic Laboratory approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research, too. The proposal is also part of the Health department’s efforts to stop the practice of patients lying on the floors of medical college hospitals.
In the first phase, the fever clinic at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, is being shifted to the Chest Disease Hospital at Pulayanarkotta. Around 200 beds are arranged at the Pulayanarkotta hospital. In the second phase, the focus will be on the Kozhikode MCH. The DME and the Director of Health Services are both involved in these works. The department is also implementing a ‘back referral’ system after strengthening district and taluk-level government hospitals.
Through this, some patients will be referred back to district and taluk hospitals in their respective areas after an initial round of treatment at the MCH. The plan is to deploy specialist doctors in these places on a working arrangement basis.
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