Chennai: The state government appÂeÂars to be wasting no time in getting the state-of-art muÂlti-super specialty hospital under construction on OmÂaÂdurar Estate running, at the earliest possible.
The installation of medical equipment worth aroÂuÂnd Rs 76 crore is proceeding on a war footing even while the state PWD (public works department) is pushing woÂrkers to their limits to get the ramp and a couple of liÂfts completed.
As many as 76 different meÂdical equipment worth Rs 76.04 crore are being staÂlled since mid-December. The inventory of medical equipment include pendant -operation theater hanging, CT and MRI scans, cathlab, multiple diagnosis units, C-arm with image intensive system for vascular surgery, electro hydraulic operation theater, mobile operation theater, ventilators, multi-polar monitory for ICU and high-end ICU chords, government sources revealed to Deccan Chronicle.
The list also includes digital radiogram, portable X-rays, digital mobile X-ray units, ultra sonogram and colour Doppler. Installation of a few CT scanners has been completed and the reÂmÂaining 128 slide CT and MRI scans would be broÂught and installed on a tuÂrnkey basis, sources added, pointing out that each of the six floors would be provided a battery operated car to facilitate easy mobility of passengers within the hospital.
Finishing touÂches are being given by the PWD while equÂipment installation proceeds in already finished areas simultaneously. The fully air-conditioned 10 lakh square feet hospital will have 14 operation theaters, with most being hoÂused on the fifth and sixth floors.
The PWD which completed most of the civil works has been allocated Rs 27 crore by government for hospital conversion, which includes construction of ramps and redesigning of the interiors.
The burden of the nepÂhrÂoÂlogy departmeÂnt or raÂther the dialysis units at Rajiv GaÂndhi government geÂnÂeral hospital will reduce once the new hospital gets commissioned, for it will have over 20 multiple dialysis units besides 40 ventilators.
