GUWAHATI: Several departments of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) will be shifted to the new Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) building in a phased manner, with the 997-bed facility set to provide improved healthcare services.
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The announcement was made by Assam Health Minister Ashok Singhal at a press conference held at the Health Minister's Office in Dispur on Tuesday, November 3.
The new MMCH building has a capacity of 997 beds, including 112 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, six High Dependency Unit (HDU) beds, a 30-bed dialysis unit and 52 paying cabins. The facility also has a dedicated emergency medical unit and infrastructure for specialised medical departments.
The departments to be shifted from GMCH include Medicine, Surgery, ENT, Pulmonary Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Rheumatology and Psychiatry. Certain services of Radiology and Laboratory Sciences will also be moved to the new building.
According to Singhal, the shifting process will be carried out in phases to ensure that patient care is not disrupted. Emergency and critical care services will be shifted in the final phase after proper planning and supervision to ensure uninterrupted treatment.
The minister said the new infrastructure and medical facilities is expected to provide patients with an improved treatment environment. He also appealed to the public to cooperate during the shifting process.
