New medical college to have top facilities: CM
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today reviewed the functioning of Dr Radha Krishnan Government Medical College, Hamirpur and directed the authorities to provide better health facilities to the patients.
He said that modern machines equipped with world-class technology were being installed in the new medical college being built at a cost of more than Rs 400 crore in Jol Sappad and facility of 292 beds would be made available for patients.
Moreover, other modern equipment, including three Tesla MRI machines, high-end X-ray machines, for digital mammography and CT scan and ultrasound machines would be made available in the medical college. Apart from this, 10 beds each would also be available in two ICU wards.
The Chief Minister said a critical care unit was also being prepared at a cost of Rs 20 crore at Jol Sappad. The medical college had been connected to double supply of electricity to avoid any difficulty in treatment. He ordered starting of water facility on the campus within 15 days.
The Chief Minister said that the Cabinet had approved the deployment of 150 staff nurses. Additional nurses and paramedical staff would be appointed as per the requirement.
The Chief Minister said a 200-bed mother and child hospital and two hostels for the girl students would be set up. He said that all the medical colleges would have their own modern labs for testing samples.
The Chief Minister said in the second phase of the medical college construction, a 300-bedded medical block, a cancer hospital, super specialty and nursing college and other facilities for students and patients will be provided.
