thiruvananthapuram the government has sanctioned rs 415 crore for setting up a neuro cath lab at the medical college hospital according to health minister veena george this will be the first such lab coming up in a government hospital in the statethe lab will have facilities like radiological vascular angiography system and digital subtraction angiography thrombectomy through which blood clot is removed from the brain will also be equipped at the neuro cath lab the health minister said like the cath procedure being done for the heart to find out and remove the blocks the blocks occurring in the brain can also be removed through this procedure she addedas part of this along with the cath lab there will be a stroke centre an icu and ct angiogram facility will also be the part of this centre this is being set up adjacent to the casualty wing of the medical college hospitalthe total amount required for this stroke centre will be rs 1278 crore apart from the cath lab the funds for all other facilities being set up were released earlier this centre will provide emergency medical attention to the people who are coming with symptoms of stroke and blood clots in the brain the government is aiming at setting up such stroke centres in all medical college hospitals of the state she said