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`5,000 surgeries in GRH every year'

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, FEB. 14. More than 5,000 surgeries were being performed at the Government Rajaji Hospital here per annum, its Dean (in-charge), K. Bose, said yesterday.

Inaugurating a continuing medical education (CME) programme organised by the Department of Surgery, he said the Government had sanctioned sophisticated equipment such as laproscopy and C-arm for the hospital.

The chairman, M. Kalyanasundaram, said nearly 280 delegates from the four southern States took part in the three-day CME programme. Experts in various fields of surgery would present papers during technical sessions and interactive sessions, according to a release.

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