Madukkarai government hospital gets full-fledged lab, casualty ward

COIMBATORE: The government hospital in Madukkarai near Coimbatore has been equipped with an exclusive casualty ward and a full-fledged laboratory— allowing both sections to function more efficiently.
Earlier, the casualty ward consisted of just one bed within the outpatient facility, despite the hospital getting many accident and trauma cases for first aid.
The laboratory was also functioning from an office and drug rooms. Now it will function separately, allowing samples to be collected more conveniently and to keep the place more sterile.
Kinathukadavu MLA A Shanmugam and district collector K Rajamani inaugurated the new facilities in the hospital on Wednesday. The new facilities worth almost Rs 56 lakh was constructed and set up by L&T Valves, a subsidiary of Larsen and Toubro.
The new casualty ward is equipped with two beds. It has been provided with all emergency drugs and equipment, including oxygen cylinders, to conduct emergency procedures.
“It mainly helps us reduce crowding in any of our wards,” said joint director of medical services, Dr Krishna.
“Earlier, everyone visiting would walk into the casualty cum outpatient ward, even when we have to perform emergency first aid. The new lab room, with attached rest rooms for men and women, also makes it convenient to collect blood and urine samples in the room and for people to come back and collect their reports,” said joint director of medical services, Dr Krishna.
“The hospital has almost 500 outpatients. It gets accident cases. Many children are also brought here because we have a pediatric specialist,” said Dr Krishna.