Sunday, November 10, 2019

4,500 paramedical staff to be appointed

10/11/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,THANJAVUR

As many as 4,500 paramedical personnel would be appointed through Medical Services Recruitment Board by this monthend, Health Minister C.Vijayabaskar said here on Saturday.

“A total of 2,345 nurses, 1,234 village health nurses and 90 physiotherapists will be appointed,” he told the media after inaugurating a Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) centre and a clutch of other new facilities at Thanjavur Government Medical College Hospital.

Explaining the various facilities added to the hospital, Mr. Vijayabaskar said that apart from the TAEI centre, a modular operation theatre had been opened at Department of Orthopaedics under Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme at an estimate of ₹30 lakh.

Facilities

Five modular operation theatres at the multi-super speciality building of the hospital; a state-of-the-art central sterile services department; a 56-bedded high-end super speciality intensive care unit; a CATH lab; Biplanar Cath Lab; 128-slice CT scanner and a digital X-ray machine were also commissioned on Saturday.

The facilities have been established on a par with international standards and would benefit not only people of Thanjavur but neighbouring districts too, he said.

R. Doraikkannu, Minister for Agriculture; R.Vaithilingam, Rajya Sabha Member; A. Annadurai, Collector; and Kumudha Lingaraj, Dean, were present.

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