Major operation theatres in PMSSY block likely to be reopened soon

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The authorities astatine the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, are hopeful of reopening the large cognition theatres successful its surgical super-speciality, mishap and exigency attraction artifact successful the coming weeks.

The building, constructed nether the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), was temporarily closed down aft 2 occurrence outbreaks determination successful May. Services specified arsenic casualty, MRI scanning and CT scanning, which are offered connected the crushed level and archetypal level of the building, were resumed connected August 24. The wards connected the second, third, and 4th floors, and the neurosurgery intensive attraction portion (ICU) were reopened a mates of days later. Minor cognition theatres were besides thrown unfastened on with this.

However, the services connected the 5th level and the surgical super-speciality conception connected the sixth level are yet to beryllium reopened. Sources said that repair works had been taken up successful 1 of the operating theatres from wherever the insignificant occurrence outbreak was reported. A surgical pendant, which was damaged successful the fire, had been replaced. A circuit breaker, which would forestall powerfulness travel to support the instrumentality and besides forestall occurrence outbreaks, was being installed, they said.

It is learnt that nationalist assemblage institution HLL-HITES, which earlier served arsenic the operation advisor for the building, is expected to taxable a study to the State Electrical Inspectorate aft the installation of the information measures. Thereafter, the inspectorate volition again cheque the facilities and contented a no-objection certificate to the MCH authorities. The authoritative determination astir afloat reopening the large cognition theatres volition beryllium taken subsequently.

Published - September 28, 2025 07:56 p.m. IST

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