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World-class facilities now at Pant Hospital

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New beginning: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit with Health Minister Yoganand Shastri (left) at G.B. Pant Hospital in Delhi.

NEW DELHI: A number of world-class facilities including modular neurosurgery operation theatres, epilepsy monitoring unit, a separate arrhythmia centre, surveillance system and microwave-based bio-medical waste management system were inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at G.B. Pant Hospital which is a super-specialty hospital associated with Maulana Azad Medical College here.

Ms. Dikshit, who was accompanied by Health Minister Yoganand Shastri among others, said the new facilities that also include a library, resident doctors’ hostel, cafeteria and kitchen would help in providing world-class patient care at G.B. Pant Hospital. Stating that Delhi’s hos- pitals also cater to a large nu-mber of patients coming from other States, she underlined the need for providing proper maintenance of advanced medical infrastructure.

The modular (pre-fabricated) neurosurgery operation theatre that became operational is part of the first phase of neurosurgery modular OT-ICU complex that has been planned at the hospital with three modular theatres and 19 ICU beds. A total of six neurosurgery theatres and 33 ICU beds were being created with high-technology equipment for advanced neurosurgical procedures.

Now the hospital has dedicated operation rooms for neurovascular procedures, functional neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery as well as image-guided neurosurgery for deep-seated brain and spine lesions.

It was also stated at the inauguration that the existence of an ultra-clean controlled air-flow offers a bacteria-free environment, eliminates intra-operative infections, res-ults in better patient outcome and a significant decrease in antibiotic use, and reduces the total hospital stay incre-asing number of surgeries.

The epilepsy monitoring unit is the first of its kind in Delhi government hospitals. Here dedicated space has been allocated for the purpose and there are five video monitoring units. Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder with a prevale-nce rate of 2.2 to 5.7 per 1,000 in India. With around 5.5 million people suffering from the disorder and around 20 per cent of them being medically refractory (not controlled with medical management alone) and requiring surgical treatment, the EMU would seek to address this area.

Likewise, the arrhythmia centre has been offering updated treatment facilities for both slow and fast heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) including ablation for rapid heart pacing and implantation of cardio-verter defibrillators.

With the start of the centre there has been quantum increase in invasive and non-invasive life saving procedures such as 200 per cent increase in balloon dilatation of mitral valves.

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