A dialysis centre will be set up soon at Government Hospital, Fort, here. An X-ray unit too will be set up at the hospital, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Kerala Health Research and Welfare Society (KHRWS) pay wards at the hospital on Thursday. There are 14 rooms in the two-storey pay ward complex, which measures 4,304 sq ft. Mr. Sivakumar said the dialysis unit, with five beds, would be set up in this complex.

At Panchakarma centre

A 40-room KHRWS pay ward would soon be set up at the Panchakarma treatment centre at Poojappura, Mr. Sivakumar said. He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on medicinal plants organised by the hospital here on Thursday.

Mr. Sivakumar said the pay ward would be set up at a cost of Rs.3 crore. It would have six VIP suites and 32 deluxe rooms. The foundation stone for the complex would be laid on March 4.

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