India, Aug. 11 -- LUCKNOW King George's Medical University (KGMU) plans to operationalise its 500-bed Trauma-2 centre by April, 2027. The facility is being built at a cost of Rs.275 crore, vice-chancellor Prof Soniya Nityanand said on Monday.

KGMU will seek approval to recruit around 1,750 doctors, nurses, paramedics and other staff for the centre. It is expected to ease pressure on the existing 494-bed Trauma-1, which often treats more than 500 patients. Officials said the facility sometimes has over 100 patients receiving treatment on stretchers because of the shortage of beds. .

KGMU spokesperson Dr KK Singh said Trauma-2 would increase the university's capacity to handle road accident victims and other critically injured patients, w...