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Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma. Subramanian inaugurated a caller 16-slice CT scanner astatine the Trauma Care Centre of the Government Rajaji Hospital connected Saturday.
The instrumentality was procured astatine a outgo of ₹2.81 crore done the National Health Mission (NHM) fund.
The Minister besides launched an 800 mA integer X-ray portion worthy ₹62 lakh. Additionally, the hospital’s mortuary installation was upgraded with 24 caller acold retention boxes, installed astatine a outgo of ₹93.50 lakh.
The Radio Diagnosis Department astatine GRH is presently equipped with 5 CT scanners. Among these are, an precocious 128-slice CT scanner utilized for analyzable procedures specified arsenic cardiac angiography and angiography of the precocious and little limbs.
Speaking to journalists, Mr. Subramanian noted that portion projects worthy ₹4.37 crore were launched connected Saturday, the authorities had spent a full of ₹420 crore connected caller buildings and high-end aesculapian instrumentality for GRH unsocial since assuming bureau successful 2021.
“The large facilities provided to GRH see the JICA Tower Block (₹313.25 crore), a Cath Lab (₹7.99 crore), world and residential blocks (₹42.25 crore), pupil hostels and a room (₹48.62 crore), a pulmonary medicine gathering (₹2.89 crore), wage wards (₹1.03 crore), a DEXA scan portion (₹50 lakh), and caller ambulances (₹21.95 lakh),” helium added.
The Minister highlighted that the caller instrumentality and improved infrastructure person importantly boosted diligent footfall. The fig of outpatients, which stood astatine 3,000–4,000 regular 4 years ago, has astir doubled to 6,500–7,000 daily. Similarly, the inpatient wards present accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 patients astatine immoderate fixed time, supported by the hospital’s monolithic capableness of 4,420 beds.
Regarding ongoing and aboriginal projects, Mr. Subramanian stated that the operation of a five-storey Paediatric Health and Research Centre (₹40 crore) and a multi-disciplinary dental session (₹1.03 crore), on with hostel renovations, are presently underway. Furthermore, a dedicated 100-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) building, estimated astatine ₹38 crore, is planned for operation astatine the hospital.
