K Chandramouli inaugurated the upgraded Burns Ward at R. M. L. Hospital

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Delhi,,

Secretary (Health & Family Welfare), Shri K Chandramouli inaugurated the upgraded Burns Ward in the Department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at Dr. RML Hospital on World Health Day. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Chandramouli emphasized the need to upgrade the hospital facilities and providing excellent services to patients.

The upgraded twenty-two bedded Burns Ward is equipped with latest life saving and patient care equipment including a four bedded ICU, a minor operation theatre and dressing rooms. The strength of Senior and Junior Residents in the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery has been increased to 8 and 12 respectively. The faculty of the department now has additional four new Assistant Professors. A daily morning OPD has been started. Patient care has further been augmented by starting a regular Operation Theatre under General anesthesia exclusively for patients of burns. Sophisticated and latest operative equipments have also been added to improve surgical care for burns patients.

India has an estimated annual burn incidence of 6-7 million, based on data from major hospitals when extrapolated to whole of the country. This is the second largest group of injuries after road accidents. Nearly 10% of these are life threatening and require hospitalization.