The new burns management unit at General Hospital, Ernakulam, set up at an estimate cost of ₹1.2 crore, is nearing completion.
The facility is getting ready for inauguration at a time when the district is facing a shortage of similar units in government facilities. Set up using the assistance from the National Health Mission, the two-storey facility is spread over 6,000 sq. ft. The intensive care unit has six beds. The civil works of the building are in the final stages, according to Dr. Shahir Shah, Superintendent, General Hospital.
Despite the launch of the unit, there is a serious lack of adequate facilities for burns treatment in government hospitals in the district. Though the Govt. Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, has a burns unit, it lacked the expert services of a plastic surgeon.
