The new outpatient (OP) block at General Hospital, Alappuzha is set to become operational soon. The State government has sanctioned ₹16.43 crore under the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board for procuring equipment needed at the new block.
Health Minister Veena George said on Sunday that the OP block would made operational soon. The seven-storey structure with modern facilities was constructed at a cost of ₹117 crore.
OP registration, medicine, pharmacy, and radiology units will function on the ground floor. Paediatric, orthopaedics, ophthalmology OP clinics, fluoroscopy, and mammography departments will operate on the first floor.