In a relief to people who had to travel outside the city for cornea transplant surgeries, the Government Medical College (GMC) here has now been equipped with a modular eye operation theatre.
"The new operation theatre is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and will go a long way in providing the right ambiance for performing complex surgical procedures," J&K Health Minister Bali Bhagat said.
Bhagat, who inaugurated the newly built operation theatre yesterday, said the GMC would soon start cornea transplant surgeries for which the patients had to go to other states.
Asserting that modernisation of health infrastructure was the state government's top priority, he said upgrading of facilities would not only ensure better health services, but also facilitate doctors to perform multiple procedures of varied specialities simultaneously.
The minister also inspected various wards and units of GMC and took stock of the ongoing Eye Bank project.
He directed the hospital management to ensure timely completion of the Eye Bank project and called for launching state wide awareness camp for eye donation.
The health minister later chaired a meeting with senior functionaries of GMC and discussed the measures being taken for construction of water filtration plant for the hospital. He also asked the officials concerned to submit a comprehensive report in this regard to his office.
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