ALAPPUZHA: A new ward will be allocated to set up Karunya dialysis unit in the Alappuzha General hospital.  A meeting of the Hospital Development Committee (HDC) on Saturday decided to allot the ward to set up 10 dialysis units near the fever ward in the hospital. The state government sanctioned the dialysis unit from the Karunya Benevolent

Fund and the unit will start functioning soon, K C Venugopal MP who presided over the HDC meeting said.

The newly constructed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the hospital will be opened soon.  The ICU was constructed after the renovation of the Cardiology Block of the old Medical College. 12 beds are arranged in the ICU. The meeting accepted the Rs  1.17 crore project prepared by the Nirmithi Kendra for the construction of Outpatient Block.

The MP said that he will demand  the state government to allot funds for the OP Block.  Land will be allotted for a Blood Bank near the ‘C’ operation theatre of the old Medical College. The OP waiting area will be constructed after spending Rs  10 lakh allotted from the MP fund of T N Seema.

A beneficiary committee will be formulated for the management of the construction.  The HDC meeting allowed to set up closed circuit TV and intercom in the casualty.

A new Urology section will be opened after purchasing various equipment worth Rs  6 lakh. The tender for purchasing the equipment was finalised, said officials in the meeting.

An X-ray machine allotted by the Kerala Medical Services Corporation will be installed in the Radiology section. Electrical works for the setting up of the x-ray machine will be completed soon, officials said. A new canteen will also be opened. The HDC members will conduct discussion with Indian Coffee House (ICH) authorities in this regard.

If the ICH authorities are unwilling, the HDC will approach Kudumbasree to open the canteen, the meeting decided. Municipal chairperson Mercy Diana Macedo,  district medical officer Safiya Beevi, hospital superintendent S Sreedevi and ward councillor Haltaf spoke on the occasion.

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