new casualty wing opened

Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy teacher opened the new casualty wing on Sunday.

The renovation cost was Rs.49 lakh. Modern equipment, bought at a cost of Rs.1 crore, have been installed.

The casualty wing now has an information counter, an examination hall, separate observation rooms for men and women, a nurses’ station, a special room for patients admitted on critical conditions, an emergency operation theatre and x-ray and ECG rooms. There are specialty wings and facilities for dressing and washing and those for medicine, surgery, orthopaedic, dental and ENT departments.

Special operation theatres have been set up for orthopaedic surgery. Every patient can be observed from the nurses’ station, manned by a nursing superintendent and eight staff nurses. The wards can be reached from the casualty wing.

A public relations officer has been appointed to inform relatives of patients the status of those admitted and the details of diseases.

photo courtesy :the hindu

Napcon 2009

Napcon 2009 11th Joint Conference of Indian Chest Society and National College of Chest Physicians (India), to be convened by the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala from November 5-8, 2009.Napcon is a great way for friends and Colleagues from the Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and allied communities to get together and share their knowledge.For more details visit http://napcon2009.org/

LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

The Learning Resource Centre (LRC), Kozhikode is set up in an area of 1100 Sq ft inside the Medical College library. The state-of-the-art facility consists have a Linux based mid-range server, 16 high-end PC workstations with 100 MBPS interconnectivity, and the supporting infrastructure.

• The salient highlight of the Learning Resource Centre is the Software based mirrored CD-jukebox, which can store the contents of hundreds of medical CDs. Multiple users, utilizing the high-speed interconnectivity for viewing the visually rich multimedia characteristic of medical procedures, can then seamlessly browse the contents. CDs are indexed based on specialized medical topics and can be accessed randomly, with deep searching facility, based on keywords. The server side application, forming the crucial portion of the software has been entirely developed in open source.

• A Contactless Smart Card System, developed by C-DAC, controls the access and usage of the facility. All the requisite accounting based on terminal usage, utilization of peripheral resources, etc. is done automatically, with full transparency ensured.

• Two high speed Internet connections(1 Mbps) enables direct Internet access, required for net-based subscriptions such as Medline, Up-to-Date, etc.

• Subscription of MD Consult,a family of electronic information resources that meet the clinical content needs of physicians and other health care professionals.

• Peripherals such as printer, scanner, photocopier, CD-Writer, etc. enable users to take copies of the material they find useful for preparing their study reports.

• The comfort systems include the latest Cassette type air-conditioners, and high quality fittings for a conducive environment.

• An on-line UPS and diesel generator ensure uninterrupted operation of the centre.

• courtesy:official website