Kolkata to get its first ENT hospital

Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Kolkata is all set to get a hospital fully dedicated to ENT (ear-nose-throat) problems by the end of this month.

The Rs.90-million ($2.25 million) project, developed by healthcare project developer Medicare Synergie Pvt Ltd, will start functioning at Mukundapur on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the southern fringes of the city.

"It is going to be the first ENT hospital of the city. Built over 5,000 square feet, the hospital will be facilitated with the most modern equipments and infrastructure to give the best treatment to patients. We will get three doctors from the UK to take charges of different departments," company chairman Alok Roy told IANS Friday.

"The hospital will start functioning by the end of May this year," he added.

The 25-bedded hospital will have separate clinics for hearing problems, headache, sinusitis, head and neck oncology and ENT problems of children.