Thiruvananthapuram is on the verge of development. On Saturday, the capital took a further step in public health infrastructure development. An emergency and trauma care centre has been initiated at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. Concurrently, a casualty ward with modern facilities was opened at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in the city. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated both the facilities in a function that was organised virtually. People in Thiruvananthapuram and the neighbouring Kollam district used to depend on the Government Medical College for medical assistance.

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Residents from as far as Kanyakumari at the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border come to RCC, a premier institute of cancer care in the state. State Health Minister KK Shailaja stated that the aim of the government is to provide treatment with global standards to the poor. The Emergency and Trauma Care centre at the Medical College cost Rs 33 crore to build. A garden, a new road to evade traffic, a triage facility (to provide treatment as per the severity of the condition) for emergency treatment, a modern trauma care centre, centres for cardiology and stroke, mass casualty and disaster management, operation theatres and intensive care units have been set up here.

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Various departments like Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics and ENT come under this hospital’s wing. This level 2 trauma care system (to provide care for patients with severe trauma) has been set up in consultation with doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS). Treatment will be given by dividing patients into red (high-risk condition), green (less complex condition) and yellow (minor to moderate conditions).

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