Advance Centre for Infectious Disease in GMCH-32
During the year 2017, the UT Administration decided to set up Sports Injuries Centre at GMCH-32 with the total cost of about Rs.70.72 crores on a plot of land measuring 1.6 acres within the campus. It was decided
• To provide the diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation services to sports person, personnel from Army and other Paramilitary Forces.
• To provide training, offer PG courses in sports medicine as such facilities are not available in the region.
The construction work of the Sport Injuries Centre could not be started due to some litigation on the tendering process. The whole matter was re-examined and it was observed that in view of following it may not be appropriate to set-up a Centre: –
• Sports Injuries Centre is available at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi which is offering advance training, PG and super-specialty courses in sports medicine
• Army has its own advanced healthcare facilities at R&R hospital Delhi as well as command hospitals in Jammu and Chandimandir in the region which are also treating sports injuries.
• PGIMER Chandigarh is also providing medical services to the Sports persons.
• Haryana Govt. has upgraded the Department of Orthopedics at Pt. BD Sharma, PGIMER, Rohtak.
• Existence of multiple institutions in public sector and some in private sector.
• The sport injury patients constitute a small percentage of total Orthopedic patients. Establishment of a separate sports injuries center to manage the small group of patients may not be justified because these are being well managed within the available infrastructure and manpower in the department of Orthopedics of GMCH-32.
Shri Dharampal, IAS, Adviser to Administrator reviewed the whole matter and it was observed that
Respiratory infections like viral infections, tuberculosis, bacterial and fungal pneumonia are highly prevalent in our geographical region.The newly emerged infections like H1N1, COVID-19 are going to stay and may become endemic.
Mutations in these viral strains may lead to future surge of these infections. There is possibility for emergence of new viral respiratory infections for which we need to be prepared. There is no such institute in the entire region providing specialized services and training for highly infectious and communicable diseases.
Shri Banwari Lal Purohit, Hon’ble Administrator UT Chandigarh has agreed with the observations that management of infectious diseases is the need of hour and need to prepare for the possible new viruses/mutations that may lead to more challenges.
Accordingly the UT Administration has decided that the same land parcel of 1.6 acre which was identified for Sport Injury Centre to be now utilized to set up a State-of-the Art Advance Centre for Infectious diseases. The internal planning to be re-worked by the Department of Urban Planning and the Department of Engineering, UT Administration for expeditious action in this direction.
