GUWAHATI, Nov 20: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma dedicated the MRI Machine at Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre (CN Centre) at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday evening.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sarma said, “We have dedicated new facilities for patients including an MRI machine, at GMCH. Our government is working towards modernising public health infrastructure”.
He said that the MRI facility inaugurated involving a financial outlay of Rs 30 crore has been embedded with high resolution 3T system and Artificial Intelligence.
The Chief Minister also announced that the under-construction Mother and Child Hospital in GMCH will be inaugurated in January 2025 and the Pragjyotish Medical College, the second medical college in Guwahati, will also be made operational in the first part of 2025.
Dr Sarma said that the existing GMCH will be redesigned and reconstructed with a 100 year futuristic plan
and the construction activity will start next year.
It may be noted that the Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre of the super speciality service was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on May 9, 2022.
Besides radiology, pathology, biochemistry, and microbiology services, the Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre provides high-end treatment facilities in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery.
