Mangaluru : The surgical superspecialty building of the Wenlock District Hospital in the city will be inaugurated at 3 pm on Aug 15. Hospital superintendent and district surgeon Dr Jecintha D’Souza told reporters here on Tuesday, that the work on the building was taken up by Mangaluru Smart City Limited at a cost of Rs 56 crore. In addition, the Rs 7 crore under the Smart City project was used for procuring advanced machines.
The state govt has also released Rs 2 crore, and KMC has also provided equipment worth Rs 4 crore to the superspecialty building, she said, adding that the foundation for the surgical superspecialty building was laid in 2020. The seven-storey building with a plinth area of 1,65,000sqft has 250 beds. Presently, four floors of the building have been completed.
The ground floor will have a cath lab and radiology section, while the ground floor will have a 15-bed emergency treatment wing, eight beds of emergency ICU, endoscopy, and emergency operation theatres. The first floor has a 60-bed ENT and urology OT wards. The second floor will have 70-bed neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and ophthalmology surgery wards.
The third and fourth floors will have five each modular operation theatres, 10 beds for pre-surgery ward, and 15 beds for post-surgery wards, Dr Jecintha said. District in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao will inaugurate the new building, while legislative assembly speaker UT Khader, urban development minister Byrathi Suresh, and Mangaluru Ci.