KD NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU, Feb 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually laid the foundation stone of 13 critical care projects worth Rs 350.25 crore in Jammu and Kashmir.
He also dedicated six Food Safety on Wheels’ amounting to Rs 2.63 crore to the people of the Union Territory through virtual mode from Rajkot in Gujarat.
Foundation stone for 100-bedded critical care block units (CCBUs) were laid at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and District Hospital Budgam, and 50-bedded CCBUs at district hospitals in Kulgam, Pulwama, Kupwara, Reasi, Poonch and Shopian besides GMC Baramulla, GMC Rajouri, GMC Kathua, SKIMS Bemina (Srinagar) and Public Health Centre Sonamarg.
Approved under PM-ABHIM and ECRP, the critical care units would provide services of emergency, surgical and intensive care to the patients, an official said.
Most of the critical care services are confined to tertiary care level with limited access to secondary care and referral transport systems
