Surge in abandonment of elderly patients alarms doctors at State-run Trauma Centre on Victoria Hospital campus

Key Points

1. TECC in Victoria Hospital campus is seeing increased abandonment of elderly patients.
2. Nearly 60 abandoned senior citizens have been shifted to shelters since January.
3. A 61-year-old man was abandoned and diagnosed with pancytopenia.
4. TECC was commissioned in 2016 at a cost of ₹35 crore.
5. TECC has 120 beds, four major operation theatres, and a 36-bed ICU.
6. TECC handles around 90,000 patients annually.
7. TECC will host South India’s first Infectious Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory.