Team Herald
PANJIM: The five-bed Post-Operative Cardio-Thoracic ICU (CTICU) of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department of Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) was inaugurated on Wednesday by Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. The facility will be in addition to the existing eight-bed CTICU.
Speaking to media persons after the inauguration, Rane said that till date 1500 open heart surgeries have been performed at GMC along with 500 cardiovascular operations.
“This additional facility will result in increase in surgical output of the department. The capacity of performing surgeries will increase and the waiting period will be reduced. Presently the waiting period for cardiac surgeries is almost one and half month,” he said.
Lamenting that doctors are not available to accompany cardiac ambulances Rane added, “We will bring doctors from outside the State and train them.”
He said the super specialty block foundation will be laid in January 2018. “Contract for this has already been awarded,” the minister said. Rane also announced that GMC will start superspeciality courses in cardiology from next year.
Dr Shirish Borkar, Professor and Head CVTS, said that having post-operative Cardio thoracic ICU in close proximity to the operation theatre will aid in better monitoring of patients and decrease patients risk of infection. He added that this is a critical set up required by GMC which will help to save lives and which will strengthen the hands of the doctors.
The 5-bed post-operatives cardio-thoracic ICU has been sponsored by businessman Narayan Bandekar run charitable trust.
