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urmiladuhan
July 13th, 2011, 03:55 PM
News Item from The Hindu (back dated):



At a time when almost everything about the Commonwealth Games appears surrounded by controversies, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Friday that the Sports Injury Centre meant for athletes taking part in the Games would be the best of its kind in South East Asia and would cater to the specific needs of sportspersons.


The centre, which will become a major teaching centre for sports medicine in the long run, is in an advanced stage of construction at Safdarjung Hospital and is expected to be completed by August 31. Diagnostic equipment will be installed, tested and made functional by next month. All sportspersons, including cricketers, need not go abroad for treatment as they do now, as the centre will offer them treatment and rehabilitation facilities.

“It is for the first time that the government has procured diagnostic equipment in public-private partnership mode,” Vineet Chowdhry, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry, told journalists here. “Since the facility will have such high-end equipment as MRI, CT Scan, Bone Densitometry, Digital X-ray and Colour Doppler, these have already been procured as they are not available off the shelf, and need time for installation and testing.”

The total cost of the centre, including a seven-storey building, the equipment, establishment and maintenance for the first two years, amounts to Rs. 70 crore. The centre will have 35 beds in two wards, three modular operation theatres and a two-bed Intensive Care Unit in the post-operative room. It can handle 2,500 cases of arthroscopic or specialised procedures every year. Diagnostic and imaging facilities have been outsourced on a revenue sharing basis. .

On the Centre's utility after the Commonwealth Games, Mr. Chowdhry said the need for a modern sports injury centre had been felt since the 1990s, and the Planning Commission made provisions in the 11 {+t} {+h} Five Year Plan. “We fast-tracked it with the Commonwealth Games.” The government expects 80 per cent occupancy after the Games.

After the Games, the diagnostic and imaging facilities will be made available to all patients, round the clock, and this will also help reduce the burden on the other government hospitals, and the waiting time for patients.

ravinderjeet
July 13th, 2011, 04:06 PM
good initiative taken by health ministry ,now it must be maintained properly and timely up-gradation of equipment is also needed.Jats must get maximum benefit out of this facility as they are living nearby.