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| Omar inaugurates new Casualty Block at SMHS | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 25: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today inaugurated a new Casualty Block at SMHS hospital here. The modern facility developed at a cost of over Rs. 6.94 crores comprises of three story complex equipped with modern medical gadgets and surgical competence.
Casualty block comprises of five modern operation theatres with all latest equipments, 26 passenger bed lifts, a 20-bedded medical emergency ward and a 30-bedded surgical emergency unit. Chief Minister also inaugurated Oncology block and Cath Lab there.
Minister for Medical Education, R. S. Chib, Minister of State for Health, Javid Ahmad Dar, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Mubarak Gul, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and Principal MedicalCollege, Srinagar were present on the occasion. Chief Minister inspected all the units of the emergency block and received detailed brief about its construction status and functioning schedule.
Chief Minister said that upgradation of health facility and consolidation in the sector is his Government’s priority. “While we have concentrated on equipping health infrastructure with qualified personnel and modern appliances to improve healthcare delivery, we are also upgrading and enhancing medical service in the state”, he added.
Omar said that the new casualty block opened today for general public would enhance the emergency healthcare service system and attend to the important needs on this front. He said that emergency treatment to save human lives is a significant and critical discipline of healthcare and Government is giving due attention to it.
Chief Minister said that creation of new specialized medical facilities at the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu and upgradation of existing healthcare disciplines has been flagged priority concern along with universalizing better healthcare service in the rural areas so that the extra-ordinary patient rush in the hospitals at towns is reduced and people in the villages get medical treatment at their door steps.
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