LUCKNOW, Jan. 2 -- Patients admitted to the Trauma Centre of King George's Medical University (KGMU) here will soon receive free initial diagnostic tests, including radiology and pathology investigations, providing major relief to critically injured patients. The KGMU officials said the initiative is aimed at strengthening emergency care services and ensuring timely diagnosis and treatment of critically injured patients. The medical university's administration has constituted a five-member committee to work out the modalities for implementing the scheme. The committee comprises KGMU medical superintendent Dr Suresh Kumar, trauma centre CMS Dr Premraj Singh, trauma centre medical superintendent Dr Amiya Agrawal, along with finance and IT experts. The panel will assess the daily patient load, the number of investigations required and the financial implications involved in offering the tests free of cost. Trauma centre chief medical superintendent Dr Premraj Singh said: "A detailed framework is being prepared on how the new arrangement will be introduced. We are hopeful that patients will start getting this facility by the last week of January." The trauma centre receives more than 400 critically injured patients from across the state every day, of whom nearly 200 require hospital admission. Currently, admitted patients are provided free treatment for the first 24 hours. Once the new system is implemented, diagnostic investigations such as pathology and radiology tests during the initial phase of treatment will also be free. The hospital said the move would significantly reduce financial burden on patients and eliminate the need for attendants to stand in queues to deposit fees....