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Of R 4,260cr for health, BMC to spend R 2cr on quarantine unit

Updated on: 05 February,2020 05:00 AM IST  | 

Of R 4,260cr for health, BMC to spend R 2cr on quarantine unit

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Considering the growing number of cases of people being quarantined for coronavirus, the civic body has decided to spend R 2 crore from the total allocation for setting up a laboratory at Kasturba Hospital where samples from such patients can be tested.



A civic official said that they would also purchase specialised pathology equipment that will be used to test samples of infectious diseases. He added that the facility will be functional in the next two to three months.

Apart from this, a new building is also being planned at Kasturba Hospitalu2019s campus for which R 7 crore has been allocated. The budget has also set aside R 10 crore for a hostel building to be constructed on the Acworth Hospital campus for KEM students.

The civic budget has also allocated R 4.11 crore for outsourcing the newborn ICU services at Savitribai Phule Maternity Home. Pardeshi said that as part of u2018 Aapli Chikitsau2019, 24X7 blood investigation facility, which is available in peripheral hospitals, dispensaries and maternity homes will now be extended to urban health centres of the four medical college hospitals u2013 Sion, Cooper, Nair and KEM. The outpatient department of civic dispensaries would also function in the evening from 4 pm till 11 pm instead of just the morning hours. The civic body is planning to outsource the staff needed for the additional hours. While it will be started in 15 dispensaries in the first phase, 35 more will be included in the second phase.

The BMC also announced the proposal for purchasing 30 new ventilators for paediatric and neonatal patients among other equipment in the upcoming financial year. A tender for purchasing three MRI machines and three CT scan machines, which will be installed in Sion, KEM and Nair Hospitals, is also under process.

Of R 4,260cr for health, BMC to spend R 2cr on quarantine unit u2018 In case of infections like coronavirus, isolation is the first step. We will strengthen the facilityu2019 Praveen Pardeshi, civic chief Civic chief Praveen Pardeshi says the facility would be set up at Kasturba Hospital for testing the samples of quarantined patients The BMC will also provide facilities like ACs and televisions for quarantined patients

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