Dental care facility upgraded in GRH

Dean inaugurates a dental ceramic lab

The dental care facility at Government Rajaji Hospital here has been upgraded with the inauguration of a dental ceramic lab on Thursday.

Inaugurating the facility, M. R. Vairamuthu Raju, Dean, said that the Dental Surgery department would henceforth provide root canal treatment as well for patients.

The upgrading of treatment facilities and creation of new infrastructure follows an order a few months back by the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, which, based on a public interest litigation filed by Madurai-based health rights activist C. Anandaraj, had asked the State government to improve dental care facilities in all government hospitals.

GRH doctors said that while the root canal treatment would be provided free of cost to patients, a nominal fee of Rs. 300 would be charged for making the ‘crown’ or ‘cap’ for the tooth at the dental ceramic lab.

According to GRH sources, the new facility has been set up at a cost of around Rs. 11 lakh, of which nearly Rs. 7.5 lakh was spent on the procurement of materials and equipment.

Stating that roughly 100 patients were expected to avail themselves of root canal treatment at the new facility, doctors said that the hospital would have to incur an additional operational expenditure of around Rs. 1.5 to 2 lakh for providing this treatment.

The new facility has been set up at a cost of around Rs. 11 lakh, of which nearly Rs. 7.5 lakh was spent on the procurement of materials and equipment