The trauma centre of PMCH (now known as Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College) is likely to be established in the emergency ward of the hospital.

Kailash Kumar, regional director of Directorate General of Health services of Ministry of Health and family welfare has made a list of requirements for the operations of the centre to begin.

The trauma centre was to be launched in 2011 but a land dispute with local residents delayed the project. Several attempts to identify an alternative land near the national highway 2 near Panduki in Govindpur were also made during last year but failed due to the inability of the district administration to procure any land.

Head of the department of Orthopaedics of PMCH, Dr D.P. Bhushan who is also the nodal officer of the trauma centre said, “as we don’t have the separate building for launching the centre we will be launching it from the existing emergency ward of hospital and later shift the same to the Super Speciality building as and when the building gets ready.”

“We will start the facility with the existing manpower including doctors and support staff as appointment of the separate staff for the centre has yet not been made as yet,” said Bhushan.

“Though we are already carrying out the treatment of the emergency cases in the hospital but the new facility will be an additional facility exclusively for the accident cases”, said Bhushan.

Due to the absence of a neuro and cardiac surgeon at PMCH the cases are referred to RIMS Ranchi.