Nellore:

The trauma care centre located in the headquarters hospital is being equipped with latest and advanced lifesaving equipment as part of facelift to the centre. Acute medical care, trauma care, trauma ICU and post-operative ICU wards are being reorganised as part improving the centre on par with corporate hospitals.

Although the trauma care centre was established about seven years ago to offer effective treatment for accident victims, it was hit by lack of doctors, paramedical staff and technicians for a long time.
Then MP of Nellore Panabaka Lakshmi was instrumental in setting up the centre when she was the Union minister of state for health and family welfare during 2004-09.

In the wake of staff shortage, medical officers and staff of district headquarters hospital used to perform the duties at the trauma care centre till now. However, the situation is changed now, following recruitment of doctors, staff nurses, biomedical technicians, plumbers and others to man the centre without depending on the headquarters hospital.

According to the superintendent of headquarters hospital, Dr K. Subba Rao, facelift is being given to the centre to make effective use of existing as well as new equipment received in the recent past.

The new equipment includes operation theatre lights, Boyel’s apparatus, monitors, defibrillators and cardiac infusion pum-ps among others. The centre will provide most effective treatment to the accident victims once the new recruits join the centre.

“We are particular about improving the post-operative care and acute medical care and we are in receipt of the advanced equipment for these departments. The existing trauma care centre is being renovated and more rooms are being added to accommodate the equipment and the wards if necessary,” Dr Subba Rao said.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / June 06th, 2013