"The building is in the process of being furnished. The equipment will be installed soon," Dr Mukunda Panthi said. He said that NAMS is preparing to bring the center into operation by January 2012. [break]
NAMS has already selected staffers to be sent for training in India. Forty staffers of Bir Hospital will get advance trauma care training at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Vice Chancellor of NAMS, Professor Damoder Pokhrel said that NAMS is doing everything possible to bring the center into operation as soon as possible.
Trauma resulting from road accidents is considered leading cause of deaths in Nepal. A trauma center provides complex, multi-disciplinary treatment, including neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery, in order to give victims the best possible chance of survival and recovery. Hundreds of accident victims die every year in Nepal as they don´t get trauma care services in time.
It is estimated that more than 450 employees are needed to run the center. The 200-beded modern trauma center is being constructed with the support from the government of India at an expenditure of Rs 1.5 billion.
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