IF ONLY THEY BUILT A SKIN BANK - 80 PER CENT OF BURNS VICTIMS COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED AT CIVIL

 Civil Hospital and BJMedical College fail to build a skin bank though they signed an MoU with aEuropean firm during the 2011 Vibrant summit; this despite that fact that abouthalf of the burns patients die following infection due to lack of skintransplant
One patient dies in the burns department of Civil Hospital almost every day. Nearly 80 per cent of these people can be saved if they received skin transplant in time. But Civil Hospital and BJ Medical College, have failed to set up a skin bank despite signing a memorandum of understanding with Euro Skin Bank in 2011, two Vibrant summits ago.