Health Minister did a site inspection of the 700 bed hospital to be built in Mekahara

Raipur, 4 July (HS). Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai is serious about improving health services in Chhattisgarh. To ensure that people get better health facilities in the state, the Sai government of Chhattisgarh made new announcements in the health sector in its first budget.

According to the announcement, it includes upgradation of Government Medical College Raipur into a 1200 bed hospital and construction of a 700 bed hospital in Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Smriti Chikitsalaya at a cost of Rs. 776 crore.

In this connection, Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal today on Thursday inspected the construction site of the 700-bed hospital to be built at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Smriti Chikitsalaya. Mr. Jaiswal, along with hospital superintendent SBS Netam and other officials of the health department, inspected the old hostel of the medical college and also inspected the site for connectivity with the main road for the 700-bed hospital. Jaiwal has said in a discussion with the officials of the health department that the necessary construction preparations for this hospital, to be built at a cost of Rs 776 crore included in the budget, will start soon.