Trauma Centre-2 likely to be operational by June 2018

LUCKNOW: The Trauma Centre of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) is likely to be operational from June next year. At present, the facility handed over to the PGI is not fit to start operations.

Initially, PGI wants to start the trauma centre with 50 beds and from there on the bed strength would be increased to 300. The institute is also going to advertise posts of 50 doctors, 60 senior residents and 15 junior residents this week.

The SGPGI had lost the prestigious trauma centre project to KGMU in 2015. The then V-C of KGMU Prof Ravikant promised to run the facility at one-tenth of the cost demanded by the PGI to run the centre.

When the building was handed over to the KGMU, the project was in ready condition – the building was complete, the list of staff, doctors and nurses was almost sanctioned by officials.

The project (a level I trauma centre) was aimed at saving lives of road accident victims. “In UP, there is a road mishap every minute and death due to accident every fourth minute,” said head of department neurosurgery, Prof Rajkumar who is again the in-charge of this project.

He said now the building is in poor condition. “When the PGI team went there recently, we were surprised to know that works of air conditioning, lift, fire safety and laundry were not handed over by UP Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN) to KGMU. I have started negotiations with UPRNN authorities for speedy handover. No compromise will be made in quality of work.”

Meanwhile, procurement process for advanced life-saving equipment has also begun.

“The state-of-the-art building would be the best trauma centre in this part of the world,” claimed Prof Rajkumar.