Hospital with Japan aid to be built in Silchar

TheAssamgovernment is going to set up a 200-bed super specialty hospital on the campus ofSilcharMedical College and Hospital with funds and technological assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), said SMCH principal DrBhaskarGupta.

Gupta added that the 200-bed super specialty hospital will have various state-of-the-art facilities ranging from specially designed surgery rooms to separate Blood Bank and pharmacy. It is planned to have six departments neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, nephrology and urology, he said.

The SMCH principal said, After the opening of this hospital, super specialisation courses like Doctor of Medicine, MCh etc will be started. Solar panels will be installed in the entire hospital to save electricity.