The Emergency Ward of the Sir Thutob
Namgyal Memorial Hospital has been facing problems of over-crowding for a while
now, and is now going to finally receive some expansion by the beginning of
next year with the construction of an extension wing right next to the present ward,
the construction of which has already started.
While speaking to NOW!, Dr Yogesh Verma
[Principal Consultant cum Medical Superintendent at STNM Hospital] informed
that the 20-bedded extension of the Emergency Ward which is being constructed
right next to the present ward should be finished by the end-December and be made
operational by January 2015. The expansion is being taken up as an emergency
case. This extension, Dr. Verma said, will ease the problem of space, even
though it will not solve the problem completely as demand is for still more
space.
The work, he stated, is being carried out
by the Engineering Cell of the Health Department.
