The six-storey multi-functional
new Teaching Hospital Block-II inaugurated on Wednesday at AGMC and GBP
Hospital.
Inaugurating the building
Health Minister Sudip, Roy Barman said the Neuro-surgery block in
Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) and GBP Hospital will starts its
journey from March 1st next. With the
launching of neuro-surgery health care services, different type of critical
patients with brain injuries or brain stroke, who were often referred to
super-speciality hospitals in other states of the country for surgeries, can
now have the same facilities, which will save the hard earn money of state's people.
Roy Barman said the
new teaching hospital block-II has been equipped with super-speciality services
and various health care services under one umbrella in a very systematic and
efficient manner, which will provide better health services to thousands of
patients of the state. He also said that it will also provide beneficial to the
various doctors in teaching the aspiring students of medical sciences and other
related fields.
In old complex due to smaller space, especially in medical
wards , patients had to admitted in floor of the building and our doctors and
para-medics suffers a lot along with suffering of common people, said Roy
Barman adding with the inauguration of new block, the patients will now get
adequate space.
A separate geriatric word has also opened in the GB Hospital
complex for better health care of elders and in single building different wards
has been shifted from old block to provide systemic health care services, said Roy Barman adding that in the six storied
building adequate space were allotted considering the patients facilities.
The new building has been equipped with the services of
emergency, casualty ward, radio diagnosis, dental ,surgery, specialist clinic,
OT complex, surgical ICU, post-operative recovery ward in a one roof. The burn
unit has remained in the old block.
MLA Dr Dilip Das, Health Secretary Samarjit
Bhowmik, director of health services Dr J K Dev Verma and other officials of
health department including senior doctors of the hospital were also present in
the inauguration programme.
