Mangaluru : Basavaraj S Bommai, chief minister (CM) of the state inaugurated 32 bed facility new ICU of medicine section of district Wenlock hospital in the heart of the city on Thursday August 12.

The medicine section has biult at a cost of Rs 124.5 lakh grant under SDRF. The new facility is in addition to already functioning 35-bed ICU, which is built under Smart City project. The ICU is equipped with ventilators, monitors and necessary medical instruments. The ventilators can be used in the treatment of children and adults. The ultra-modern central monitoring unit can monitor ventilator parameters from one spot. The medical equipment for ICU, Pauler’s Cot etc is donated by CII and others at a cost of Rs 42.32 lac

Ministers S Angara, Kota Srinivas Poojary, K Sudhakar, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLAs U T Khader, Rajesh Naik, Vedavyasa Kamath, Umanath Kotian, Dr Bharath Shetty, Harish Poonja, Sanjeev Matandoor, deputy commissioner Dr Rajendra, mayor Premananda Shetty, deputy mayor Sumangala Rao, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar, zilla panchayat CEO Dr Kumar, SP Sonawane Rishikesh Bhagwan, Mangaluru City Corporation commissioner Akshay Sridhar, deputy director of district social welfare department, officers of various department and people representatives and others were present.