Modular Operation Theatre of AYUSH Department to Open at Government Wenlock Hospital

A modular operation theatre of the Department of AYUSH will be opened at Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore within a month. Dakshina Kannada AYUSH Officer Mohammad Iqbal said that Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has donated ₹25 lakh to set up the theatre. It has been decided to conduct up to 25 surgeries in the OT per week. AYUSH experts will conduct the surgeries.

He said that the department has a 50-bed in-patient unit at Wenlock Hospital. Of the beds, 20 are now operational. All the beds will be made operational by this December.