Co-op Medical College to have commercial complex

KOCHI: The bystanders of the patients in the Co-operative Medical College (CMC), Kochi will not have to run helter-skelter  seeking various services like that of banks. The authorities of CMC have decided to construct a commercial complex which will house bank, ATM , post office, department store and dormitory for the bystanders.The high level committee for the development of the CMC held the other day had given sanction to the project.  There are also plans to construct a pay ward and staff quarters. According to the Medical Council of India norms, there should be staff quarters attached to the medical college, said Dr Mohan G Sam, director, CMC.“Lack of staff quarters is a major shortcoming of the medical college. In the absence of staff quarters, doctors have to come from distant locations. As per the plans, twenty quarters will be constructed in the first phase. The newly designed pay ward will have 140 beds. There are also plans to construct a water treatment plant,” Mohan said.A de-addiction centre was opened at the CMC the other day. The de-addiction centre started with the financial assistance from the excise department will handle the acute cases. “We have started a dialysis centre with five units. Neurology department which was started earlier has become operational now,” Mohan Sam said.Earlier, super-speciality operation theatres  in urology, neuro surgery and plastic surgery had been opened in the CMC. Many devices like arterial blood gas monitor had been added to the hospital.