Karnataka's Skin Bank to open in two months
2,240 views · Published 25 July 2015 · 2:12 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: Deccan Herald · 2015 · News & Politics
Karnataka's first skin bank is coming up at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru. The government Hospital is the only facility in Karnataka that treats patients with more than 50 percent burn injuries. Victoria hospital attends to about 180 burn cases in a month, half of which are severe. The hospital's burns ward also gets patients from neighboring states, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
