The expanded paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) and other new facilities at SAT Hospital were inaugurated by Health Minister Veena George on Thursday.
The expansion of the 18-bed paediatric ICU to a 50-bed facility would ease the acute shortage of space at SAT, a problem which had begun to affect patient care in the hospital.
Though the dire situation involving COVID has eased, the increase in airborne respiratory infections continues to be a challenge. The negative pressure facility in the ICU would help in infection control.
