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Condemning the Tamil Nadu Government’s determination to dedicate the upcoming ace specialty artifact of Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital for maternity and kid care, the CPI (M) staged a objection present connected Wednesday.
The ace specialty artifact of Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital (TKMCH), which has come-up astatine Third Mile connected an outlay of ₹136.35 crore and waiting for inauguration, 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’, was sanctioned a ace specialty artifact with 687 beds dispersed successful 7 floors astatine a outgo of ₹136.35 crore. Of this ₹ 16 crore would beryllium spent 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 would beryllium 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 year, the ace specialty artifact has been rechristened by the Tamil Nadu Government arsenic Government Super Specialty Hospital for Maternity and Child Health.
The fig of in-patients treated astatine TKMCH by these 3 branches since 2022 is inactive higher. The infirmary has taken attraction of 3,61,750 obstetrics and gynaecology, 88,775 paediatric medicine and 11,389 paediatric country in-patients to enactment the full fig of in-patients from these 3 branches astatine a staggering 4,61,914 since 2022. On an average, the infirmary had admitted 9,623.21 in-patients each period implicit the past 4 years.
At the aforesaid time, the fig of out-patients received successful nephrology, aesculapian oncology, neuro medicine, vigor oncology, aesculapian gastroenterology, neuro surgery, urology, integrative country and surgical oncology departments since 2022 is lone 2,49,419 with the monthly mean of 5,196 patients and the fig of in-patients treated astatine TKMCH successful each these 9 departments enactment unneurotic since 2022 is 1,38,182 with the monthly mean of 2,878 patients.
Hence, the Tamil Nadu Government has decided to dedicate it arsenic ‘Super Specialty Hospital for Maternity and Child Health’.
Condemning this decision, the CPI (M) organised a objection adjacent Chidambara Nagar bus-stop connected Wednesday. The protestors, led by CPI (M) territory caput K.P. Arumugam, urged the authorities to retreat its bid of rechristening of the installation and dedicating it for maternity and kid health.
“Instead, it should beryllium multi-disciplinary ace specialty hospital, arsenic primitively planned and make the aesculapian facilities for treating the patients ailing from each sorts of diseases and disorders,” the protestors said.
