Srinagar, Apr 25: Chief Minister, Omer Abdullah Monday inaugurated new Casualty Block at SMHS hospital in the City.
 The modern facility developed at a cost of over Rs. 6.94 crores comprises of three story complex equipped with modern medical gadgets and surgical competence.
 The casualty block comprises of five modern operation theatres with latest equipments, 26 passenger bed lifts, a 20-bedded medical emergency ward and a 30-bedded surgical emergency unit, officials said.
 The Chief Minister also inaugurated Oncology block and Cath Lab there.
 Minister for Medical Education, Dr RS Chib, Minister of State for Health, Javid Ahmad Dar, CM’s Advisor, Mubarak Gul, Divisional Commissioner, DR Asgar Hassan Samoon and Principal Medical College, Srinagar were present on the occasion.
 An official handout said the Chief Minister inspected all the units of the emergency block and received detailed brief about its construction status and functioning schedule.
 He said that upgradation of health facility and consolidation in the sector is his government’s priority.
 “While we have concentrated on equipping the health infrastructure with qualified personnel and modern appliances to improve the healthcare delivery, we are also on upgrading and enhancing the medical service in the state,” the CM added.
 He said the new casualty block would enhance the emergency healthcare service system and attend to the important needs on this front.
 Omer said emergency treatment to save human lives is a significant and critical discipline of healthcare and government is giving due attention to it.
 The Chief Minister said that creation of new specialized medical facilities at the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu and upgradation of existing healthcare disciplines has been flagged priority concern along with universalizing better healthcare service in the rural areas so that the extra-ordinary patient rush in the hospitals at towns is reduced and people in the villages get medical treatment at their doorsteps.  
  “District, Sub-district and other government hospitals are being provided with modern medical machinery and other facilities to provide better treatment to the patients”, he said underlining the need for sincere service by the doctors and para-medical staff to the patients.
 “At the end of the day it is the zest and dedication to the profession which makes service up to the mark”, he told medical fraternity. 

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