LUCKNOW, Dec. 15 -- Asserting that the future of healthcare lies beyond conventional tertiary care, deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Sunday announced that a state-of-the-art quaternary care centre would be established at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) for the management of multi-organ failure.

The proposed centre will integrate advanced diagnostics, precision medicine, high-end critical care and specialised multidisciplinary expertise. A detailed proposal has been prepared and budgetary arrangements are underway, said Pathak, who also holds the health portfolio, while addressing the 42nd Foundation Day of SGPGI.

"Quaternary care represents the highest level of medical intervention, requiring ...