Chennai: After the launch of preliminary services of the newly set up trauma care center at the Tambaram Taluk Government Hospital, the hospital is to get a new building for neonatal intensive care and advanced screening equipment.
The Tambaram Government Hospital had started a round the clock trauma centre that was awaiting development in terms of expansion and screening facilities after the announcement in July 2016 by state government. Hospital authorities were waiting for approval of the building plan. The preliminary level of the project in the old building offers facilities such as casualty care, anaesthetic, paediatric, emergency care center and other screening facilities. “Currently, there are around 1,000-1,500 outpatient admissions per day.
As we provide all check up facilities to pregnant women before and after childbirth, pregnancy cases are enrolled at the highest level. In order to provide better neo-natal services, a separate block was needed. Heart or cardiorespiratory monitor, blood pressure monitor, pulse oximeter, transcutaneous oxygen/carbon dioxide monitor, X-ray, ultrasound and CT will be available for neo-natal care at the unit,” said Dr M Inbavalli, chief medical officer at Tambaram Government Hospital.
The Tambaram GH also handles trauma patients from GET Road and Mudichur Road and other regular patients from Tambaram, Kundrathur, Pallavaram, Minambakkam, Padappai and Oragadam. “The new unit at the hospital is to have facilities and equipments including ultrasonogram and anaesthesia machine for traumatic care also. The hospital has also signed an MOU with a private lab to provide clinical services for emergency cases,” said Dr Inbavalli.
Hospital authorities said that the center also provides effective treatment for snake poisoning, and patients suffering from non-communicable diseases are also admitted in high numbers.
