Institute for chest diseases in Mysuru mooted
The Hindu
MMCRI management has proposed to have such a facility as a lesson learnt while combating COVID-19
If everything goes as envisioned by the management of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI), one of the country’s oldest medical colleges, Mysuru may soon get an exclusive institute for chest diseases, on the lines of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bengaluru, as the doctors have realised the importance of such a facility here when they were at the forefront of COVID-19 fight in last two years.
Many lessons have been learnt after combating the pandemic, with health experts and doctors visualising the facilities that need to be fast-tracked, placing them in the priority list.
As a long-term vision for expanding the healthcare facilities under the MMCRI, the management has proposed to upgrade the PKTB Hospital on KRS Road and also develop it with all necessary infrastructure for exclusively handling chest diseases.
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