PANAJI: The government will focus on upgrading superspecialty facilities in the state along with providing them with adequate number of staffers, health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Tuesday.To reduce the load on consultants and ensure that cardiac facilities are provided 24x7 at the super specialty cardiac unit at the hospital, a senior and three junior consultants will be brought in, Rane said.Cardiac patients will also receive relief with six cardiac ambulances that will be stationed at different locations around Goa for which 24 MBBS doctors will be hired to work around-the-clock. The government is also giving priority to the setting up of the regional cancer centre. Between Rs 45-50 crore has been alloted to the state, Rane said.The file that was pending for over a year is with the finance department and will be sent to the CM, he added. GSIDC has been identified as the nodal agency to take up the infrastructure work for the project and the staff to provide radiotherapy will be brought in. The government, by creating three posts for surgeons, will ensure that patients don't have to go to the private sector for cancer surgeries, he said.Rane said the first batch of 108 ambulances will be loaded with advanced life saving systems and launched soon. The next batch will come in by the end of July and the motorcycle ambulances will initially be introduced on the coastal belt and at accident spots. To put controversy on local purchases as well as in the pharmacy, to rest, Rane has moved a proposal for an external auditor to submit quarterly reports.The government has initiated the process to bring in 25 cochlear implants for children. Arrangements are being made for blood-testing facilities and machines are being brought in where a company has agreed to provide an application specialist and biomedical engineer at the lab around-the-clock.In South Goa , the collector has been issued a letter and will take steps to move the person running the dialysis unit at Hospicio, who has refused to vacate despite warnings. Sections of the hospital may be temporarily shifted to the old TB hospital.

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