Work on biomedical centre to begin next year

Updated on: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The construction work of the first phase of Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Speciality Hospital project at Thalappady near Puthuppally here will begin by February 2012.
 
Work on the outpatient wing of the hospital and research activities at the two-storey structure will be undertaken in the first phase, a statement said here.
 
Two more floors will be added to the complex within six months as per the action plan chalked out at a recent meeting attended by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, it said.
  
The Bio-medical Research Centre was formally launched as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi University. The state government had earmarked Rs five crore to set up the hospital and also sanctioned Rs one crore in the current year's budget.
 
A high-power committee headed by renowned cardiology expert Dr M S Valiathan had identified thrust areas and strategies for the functioning of the research centre, the statement said.
 
The research will focus on Kerala-specific infectious diseases like chikungunya and ageing related challenges.

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