The Cuttack-based spinal injuries centre would be merged with the Orthopaedic Department of SCB Medical College Hospital and made fully functional, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das after a meeting held here to review the development of the SCB Hospital on Saturday.
Later, the trauma care unit would also be merged with it and it would be named as Odisha Trauma Care and Spinal Injuries Centre.
Besides, steps would be taken for the required human resource for the trauma care centre, Das said.
Measures would be taken to carry out liver transplant in the hospital and an MoU for the purpose would be signed within a week, said the Minister.
He also directed the officials to expedite the work for construction of the G+7 Bhawan.