With an aim to provide the best of services to patients, the Neurosurgery Department is bringing in new facilities, including renovation and upgradation of its operation theatre with equipment worth `3.5 crore at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. Thanks to the Chief Minister’s comprehensive health insurance scheme, the department was sanctioned a total of `4.5 crore, out of which `3 crore is being spent on revamping the infrastructure.
The renovation of the operation theatre, which will be ready by end of this week, is being done at a cost of `67 lakh. With the increase in the operation tables with cubicles at the theatre from three to four, equipment worth `3.5 crore is also being installed in each of them.
A microscope that will provide a magnified view of the operating area, has been purchased at a cost of `40 lakh.
Doctors say this microscope will be of great help in making sure the tumour is removed without affecting the normal part of the brain.
A micro-drilling machine that would aid in opening the skull and penetrating through thick bones will also be procured at a cost of `25 lakh. “We will also be procuring a high-end microscope at a cost of `95 lakh. Microscopes will be installed in all the cubicles in the op-theatre,” says Dr Deiveengan, HoD, Neurosurgery Department, RGGGH.
A senior doctor at the department adds that they perform about three to five surgeries related to road-accident cases every day, apart from the already planned surgeries that average between three and five in the department.
The renovation, which began in September, would be completed in a few days. Until then, surgeries in the neurology department will be performed at the theatres meant for general surgery and ENT, the doctor adds.