A better burns ward in Sivakasi, need of the hour
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A constant complaint has been that critically injured workers die on the way while being taken from here to Government Rajaji Hospital or private hospitals in distant Madurai.
The State government finally brought in a Centre of Excellence for Burns Ward on Sivakasi GH premises in 2015 after 40 lives were lost in Muthalipatti fire accident in 2012.
“Even now, many injured workers are admitted to private hospitals in and around Sivakasi,” said Mr. Arjunan, district secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Though a building with air-conditioned facilities like operation theatre and post-operative ward were provided, the post of plastic surgeon that was sanctioned then has remained vacant for long.