In line with a Budget proposal to establish separate blocks in medical colleges for infectious diseases, the State government has accorded administrative sanction of ₹10.72 crore through National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) for establishing an Infectious Disease Institute at the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Kottayam.
Officials said here on Monday that the institute would come up in a four-storey building. The first two floors are slated to be completed in the first phase. The building will have specialised ICU facilities.
The medical college here recently received approval for opening a DM (Doctor of Medicine) Infectious Disease course for the first time in the country.
