PARADIP: A day after a report on delay in construction of a super speciality hospital in Paradip was published in ‘The New Indian Express’ (Gadkari’s hospital promise rings hollow), the Paradip Port Trust on Thursday came out with a clarification.The Public Relations Officer of PPT clarified that work on establishing the hospital was started in 2014. Discussions were held with reputed hospitals like Apollo Hospital, Bhubaneswar and AMRI Hospital, Bhubaneswar for establishing the super speciality hospital on PPP mode. However, the response was not encouraging.
The consultant for the project had already submitted the Due Diligence Transaction Structure Report and draft bid documents for development of the super speciality hospital and the land and building lease rent were to be fixed accordingly.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Shippig took a decision to finalise an employee-friendly model for redevelopment of hospitals at all the major ports and Mumbai Port Trust was taken up as the first port for the implementation of the model.
Recently, on July 11, 2018, the Standing Finance Committee of the Ministry of Shipping approved a model for Mumbai Port Trust Hospital called Golden Share Model. “The consultant is preparing the documents for Paradip Port Trust and will provide the same by the end of July, 2018. As per the decision of Union Minister, PPT is working to expedite it”, said the PRO.