The Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) here has started the process of setting up a modern Trauma and Burn centre in the campus. On Thursday, the Principal of GDMC, Dr Pradip Bharati Gupta, the Medical Superintendent (MS) of the associated hospital, Dr KK Tamta and other senior doctors of the hospital inspected the hospital for suitable place for these centres. The team weighed the option of either operating trauma and burn centres in the existing building or constructing a new building for it.
The Principal of the GDMC, Dr Gupta said that the Central Government has proposed to set up trauma and burn centres with a budget of Rs 10.5 crores. The proposed centres would have 51 beds and would be equipped with 10 ventilators, he said. The Principal has appointed Dr Mohit Goyal as in-charge of the burn centre while Dr Anil Joshi would be heading the trauma centre. It is learnt that the proposed centres would come up the campus of associated hospital of GDMC within a time period of six months. It is pertinent to mention here that the provisional State capital lacks a modern trauma and burn centre in the Government sector due to which the patients face problem.