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Additional Health Secretary S. Uma, who visited the Government Super Speciality Hospital for Maternity and Child Health coming up astatine Third Mile here, has exhorted the Public Works Department to expedite the ongoing works by installing each aesculapian instrumentality truthful arsenic to get it acceptable for an aboriginal inauguration.
The ace speciality artifact of Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital (TKMCH), which is coming up connected an outlay of ₹136.35 crore, has been rechristened arsenic Government Super Specialty Hospital for Maternity and Child Health considering the immense fig obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatric cases coming to TKMCH everyday.
The TKMCH, nether the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram’, got sanctioned a ace speciality artifact with 687 beds dispersed implicit 7 floors astatine the outgo of ₹136.35 crore. Of this ₹16 crore has been apportioned for procuring hi-tech diagnostic and surgical instrumentality portion the civilian enactment of this artifact would beryllium completed connected an outlay of ₹118.35 crore. The full magnitude of ₹136.35 crore has been shared by the Union Government and the State Government connected 60:40 ratio.
Since the TKMCH receives much fig of obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatric cases passim the twelvemonth aft patients from Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar and Kanniyakumari districts requiring precocious aesculapian involution spell to the Tirunelveli Medical College’s Super Specialty Hospital, the ace speciality artifact of TKMCH has been rechristened by the Tamil Nadu Government arsenic Government Super Specialty Hospital for Maternity and Child Health.
As the authorities is readying to inaugurate this installation earlier the Election Commission’s notification for the Assembly elections successful March, Dr. Uma, who has served successful Thoothukudi territory arsenic Deputy Director of Health Services for respective years, inspected each level of the seven-storey gathering connected Tuesday to personally measure the last touches to beryllium fixed to the infirmary to marque it acceptable for an aboriginal inauguration.
When she happened to spot that powerfulness proviso to the infirmary is yet to beryllium fixed adjacent though deposit had already been paid, a furious Dr. Uma asked the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials to springiness powerfulness proviso wrong a week truthful that the mandatory proceedings tally of the Effluent Treatment Plant (EPT) and the Sewage Treatment Plant (SPT) of the infirmary could beryllium completed.
“The infirmary cannot hold immoderate much for powerfulness connection... The infirmary equipment, h2o pumping systems, ETP and STP plants, air-conditioning systems etc. tin beryllium tested lone if the powerfulness transportation is given. So, Tangedco should springiness powerfulness to the infirmary wrong a week,” Dr. Uma instructed.
She was besides upset connected seeing the hold successful starting the operation of the basement for liquid oxygen plant. Even though the Public Works Department officials tried to pacify her with the assurance that they would supply the basement soon astatine the spot identified for the purpose, she could not beryllium appeased. “The basement successful stipulated specification should beryllium acceptable wrong different 15 days,” the Additional Secretary ordered, adding that installation of star h2o heating strategy should besides beryllium completed earlier February archetypal week.
As she visited each level of the hospital, Dr. Uma interacted with the heads of obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, microbiology, pathology, biochemistry departments to measure the things to beryllium completed successful their respective departments coming up successful each floor. She instructed the PWD officials to incorporated the insignificant modifications arsenic being suggested by the heads of these departments successful the infirmary for the creaseless functioning and the patients’ comfort.
“We are not acceptable to unfastened a half-baked installation arsenic it should service the patients effectively. The officials acrophobic person been instructed to implicit each pending works earlier the stipulated deadline of February 15 and they person promised to comply with this ultimatum. Additional manpower volition beryllium ensured aft discussing the contented with the departments concerned,” Dr. Uma told The Hindu.
Dean, TKMCH, G. Sivakumar, Superintendent R. Padmanabhan, Resident Medical Officer Silas Jayamani and others accompanied the Additional Secretary during the inspection.
