BMC to dedicate to public country's largest emergency medical services centre

The BMC will soon dedicate to the public, an emergency medical services centre, touted to be country's largest, next Tuesday.

The BMC is said to have made available 1,935 sq mtr (20,800 sq ft) area for the centre, where more than 2 lakh patients seek treatment, while around 17,000 persons are operated upon each year.

Earlier, the centre had 33 beds and 13 ICU beds. The number has been increased to 78 (37 ICU and 42 regular beds).

A senior civic official informed that the section is also set to have a registration desk, police chowky, trauma centre, ECG room, pathology laboratory, plaster room, surgical cell, X-ray section, in addition to a chemist shop.

"The section is being dedicated to the public to provide them all the possible emergency services in a timely manner. Besides providing all the required facilities including medical gas near each bed, we have also taken care of staffers. There are separate duty rooms, male/female doctors and nurses, store rooms and changing rooms. The entire section is going to be air-conditioned and will have generator backup, to ensure round the clock electricity supply," the official said.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will dedicate the centre to the public on November 18.