Health Minister K.K. Shylaja will inaugurate 13 completed projects and the construction activities of four other projects, which are part of the comprehensive development plan for the Kottayam Government Medical College on the college premises on Thursday.
The development projects being undertaken in Kottayam are part of the initiatives by the government to turn all government medical colleges in the State to Centres of Excellence. Some of the projects being inaugurated include the second cath lab in the cardiology department, 128 slice CT Scan machine, Early Intervention and Autism Centre, retina unit, Surgical oncology division, paediatric cardiac surgery division, renovated wards, CAPD intensive care unit in nephrology department, new laparoscopic surgical equipment, among others.