Min opens emergency service at IGIMS eye institute
Mangal Pandey
urged doctors and staff of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) to uphold the trust reposed by patients of the state. He was inaugurating several new facilities, including 24-hour emergency service at the Regional Eye Institute.
Round-the-clock medical professionals will be available in the emergency department.
He said the emergency facility includes ultrasound, X-ray, various equipment for eye examinations, and two advanced modular operation theatres.
He also announced the establishment of robotic surgery, a 20-bed critical care medicine unit, and 20 dialysis units at the IGIMS by Aug 16. He expressed satisfaction over the board of governors' decision regarding establishment of Post Graduate Institute of Dental Research for dental care and the construction of its building.
He said a 100-bed dental hospital, where 50 BDS students will study, would be set up soon.
The minister also inaugurated advanced Lumera-i microscope and lab services. He also opened
new equipment in two key departments, including that of retina, besides a machine for electrophysiology, which will provide information about nerve diseases of the eye.
At glaucoma service, an extra field analyser, specular microscope and an ultrasound machine were inaugurated.
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