MF AHMAD
Daltonganj, March 10: A 30-bed Nirmala multi-speciality and trauma centre was dedicated to people in Daltonganj today. The centre has been established by the four-member doctors’ family of a renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr Vijay Kumar Singh who has a son, who is a doctor, and two doctor daughters-in-law.
“This centre is right now for limb trauma. Palamu has a bad track of too many road accidents every month. We will put in our best efforts to the treatment of limb trauma,” said Dr Vijay.
The centre will have no gynaec ward but a full-fledged orthopaedic ward, its surgery along with general surgery. Dentistry is also there along with the skin ward.
A popular child specialist in Daltonganj Dr Gaurav Vishal said, “This centre has a great speciality of having two OTs (operation theatres). One is for patients having an infection and the other is for patients having no infection. It’s a big facility in the real sense.”
The prominent guest on this occasion Palamu SP Chandan Kumar Sinha told the gathering that there occurs 15 deaths on an average a month in Palamu along with 40 to 45 persons getting injured and now with this centre for limb trauma, one expects golden hour treatment coming to the accident victims without any more hassle.
Palamu SP asked the management of this centre to take a ‘reasonable fee’ from the patients.
“Maa Nirmala Swasthya Health Card was issued today to around 10 families of the martyrs be it comes from the Army or from the police,” said orthopaedic surgeon of the centre Dr Perween Siddhartha.
Explaining the health card he said, “This card will enable the first blood members of the martyr families to have a free medical check-up and treatment in this Nirmala Multi Speciality and Trauma Center.”
He said, “It’s seven years now we have been taking medical care of the members of the families of the martyrs. If you are from a Jawan family come to the centre and feel free to have a class medical treatment without getting any bill for it.”
Siddhartha said knee and hip replacement are very costly treatments but for the martyr families, our centre has a big wide door open to them.
