The Fort Taluk Hospital is all set to get a new building block for Rs 5 crore, Health Minister V S Sivakumar has announced. The expenses for the same will be met by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The first phase of the project costing Rs 1.5 crore will begin soon.
Upgrading the Fort CHC to Taluk Hospital has created 36 additional posts, including that of seven speciality doctors, informed the Minister. The Health Minister, who opened the clinical lab, also inaugurated the construction of the KHRWS payward building by laying the foundation stone for the same.
As many as 14 rooms will be built in the payward building of 4,430 square feet that will be built at a cost of Rs 82.5 lakh.
The function at which the Minister made these announcements of upgrading the Fort CHC and subsequent development activities on Monday was presided over by Deputy Mayor G Happykumar.
The Minister said that the foundation stone for the new medical college in the city, combining the General Hospital and the Women and Child Centre, Thycaud, will be laid on May 30. This is the second medical college for the city since 1951.
The SAT Hospital also will get a new block for Rs 80 crore, of which Rs 20 crore has been sanctioned. As much as Rs 50 crore will be sanctioned for the development of the medical college, which will include a modern mortuary and ventilator facilities.
The functioning time of all CHCs in the district have been made 24 hours. The aim is to provide treatment facilities to all people by expanding the basic facilities, said the Minister.
With this in mind, generic medicines will be given free of cost from the primary level. The Minister also gave instructions to start fever wards in all taluk hospitals.
TRIDA Chairman P K Venugopal, KHRWS managing director K M Unnikrishnan, NRHM programme manager Dr B Unnikrishnan and other HMC members attended the meeting.
