mangaluru a stateoftheart multispecialty sports injury centre will soon be opened at sanjay gandhi institute of trauma and orthopaedics centre at byrasandra in bengaluruminister for health and family welfare u t khader said that the centre which has been set up at the cost of rs 6 crore will have the necessary infrastructure to treat cricketers athletes footballers tennis players and other sportsmen suffering from ligament or bone injuries headed by plastic surgeon dr b g tilak the centre will house specialists in sports injuries and physiotherapy the new sports injury centre in bengaluru will be the first of its kind in the state and second in the country after new delhis safdarjung hospital the centre will focus on minimally invasive surgery the infrastructure work is almost complete we are planning to invite a high achiever in sports to inaugurate the centre khader saiddr madan ballal specialist in sports injuries and arthroscopy said the centre will focus on arthroscopic surgery that requires minimal incision sportsmen will be able to go back to their respective event in full health within a short period through arthroscopy which involves less pain all type of sports injuries dislocations knee ligament injuries sprains strains and other ailments will be taken care of at the centre dr ballal said adding that the facility will also have a modular operation theatre initially the centre will have three sports injury specialists and two physiotherapists later more specialists will be addedit may be recalled that mangaluru had a mobile unit of the sports injury centre for a brief hiatus during the 19th federation cup national senior athletics championship the mobile unit and emergency medical service ambulances were from various medical colleges in the city a few 108 arogya kavach ambulances belonging to the health and family welfare department was also positioned at the venue catering to athletes who need medical help