Mother and Child Super Speciality Block inaugurated at Ernakulam MCH

Health Minister Veena George has said that the State government has spent significantly to provide free treatment to the public.

The Minister was virtually inaugurating the newly constructed Mother and Child Super Speciality Block, along with other projects, at the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kalamassery, on Tuesday.

The new block, which has 850 beds, was built at a cost of ₹285.31 crore with the aim of providing high-quality treatment to pregnant women and children, the Minister said.

Along with the Mother and Child Super Speciality Block, an Indian Council of Medical Research-funded microbiology lab capable of Level 2 virology testing; 12 pay wards; a cosmetology clinic equipped with state-of-the-art equipment under the Dermatology department, set up in collaboration with BPCL; and a multi-parking shed were also inaugurated.

The Minister said that many achievements had been made possible in government hospitals, including bone marrow transplant surgeries, innovative research in cancer treatment, liver transplantation, and free treatment for rare diseases for children up to the age of five years.

Industries Minister P. Rajeeve presided. He also flagged off the new KSRTC bus service to Kalamassery Medical College Hospital on the Idukki-Kattappana route.