GMCH-32 to have trauma block

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 9

To provide specialised healthcare facilities, UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore today laid the foundation stone of a new Emergency and Trauma Block at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, here in the presence of Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, and the Director-Principal, GMCH. The building, to come up in front of the existing Emergency, will have two basements and three upper storeys. The emergency block will add 259 beds to the hospital having clinical labs, X-ray, CT scan, MRI, chemist shop, two emergency operation theatres and a minor operation theatre, post-operative wards, an isolation ward and parking facilities in the twin basement. It will also have provision for central air-conditioning, firefighting and fire sensing. The building will have parking facilities for 59 cars and 144 two-wheelers.

An official spokesperson said it would take about 18 months to complete the building at a cost of Rs30 crore.

The spokesperson said the new Emergency and Trauma Block was the need of the hour and would be highly beneficial to the public.

In September 2019, the UT Administration had approved the construction of the Emergency and Trauma Block and Mother and Child Care Centre at the GMCH.

However, the work on the long-pending 348-bed Mother and Child Care Centre could not be started as the GMCH had some objection to the design of the centre. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GMCH, had suggested some changes in the design of the centre. After getting approval, the Engineering Department would start the process of the construction of the centre.

With the construction of the twin projects, the GMCH will get a major healthcare boost, which will benefit patients from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and other states.

The new Emergency and Trauma Block will come up in Block A, replacing the earlier Emergency, which will have to be demolished. The 348-bed Mother and Child Care Centre will come up in the K Block area of the hospital.