Organ transplant institute’s temporary facility to be opened at Kozhikode MCH soon
The Kerala Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplant is set to open a temporary facility at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode by the end of the month. This facility will initially provide renal, liver, and bone marrow transplant surgeries, with a capacity of at least 20 beds. Meanwhile, the construction of a new building for the institute is progressing slowly due to land ownership issues and the need for a new tender process.
- ▪The temporary facility will be located at the PMSSY block of the hospital.
- ▪It will offer renal, liver, and bone marrow transplant surgeries in its initial phase.
- ▪The new building for the institute is being constructed on a 20-acre plot at the Government Dermatology Hospital premises.
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The Kerala Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplant is likely to start functioning from a temporary facility at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, by this month-end.According to official sources, it will offer renal, liver, and bone marrow transplant surgeries in the initial phase. The facility will be located at the PMSSY block of the hospital. The sources said that the operation theatre and other arrangements are all ready. The ward there will have at least 20 beds.Meanwhile, the official work ahead of constructing a new building at the Government Dermatology Hospital premises in Chevayur is moving at a slow pace. The building is coming up on a 20-acre plot. The foundation stone laid there on February 7 had already been removed.
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