Early Times Report
KATRA, Sept 11: Governor N N Vohra, Chairman, and Members of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) and Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, visited the Super Speciality Hospital project at Kakryal and undertook an extensive review of the status of this project which involves an expenditure of approximately Rs 300 crore. Pertinent to recall that the Shrine Board had last year concluded an agreement with Narayana Hrudayalaya Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, which operates 32 hospitals all over the country, for operationalization of the 230 bedded Super Speciality Hospital which has been built by the Shrine Board at Kakryal.
During discussions with the Chairman and Members of the Shrine Board, Dr Shetty reaffirmed his commitment that the best known Physicians and Surgeons will be brought to Kakryal. This Hospital shall have 20 different streams of medicine and surgery, including cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurology, neuro-surgery, nephrology, urology, oncology, pulmonology, bone-marrow transplant, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, trauma-medicine, paediatrics and neonatology, obstetrics and gynaecology. The Super Speciality Hospital has a floor area of 2.54 lakh sft and residential accommodation of 2.67 lakh sq.feet for housing doctors, nurses, para medical and ancillary staff. The Hospital complex shall have an Inn for enabling the patients coming from within and outside the State to stay, for recovery and follow up treatment, within the hospital complex on moderate payments. For the attendants of the patients a Dharamshalla has been built and, besides, arrangements have been made for moderately priced food being served through the day. This Hospital has been specially equipped to treat patients suffering from Cancer, Heart and Neurological diseases.
After detailed discussions on all aspects of the under completion Super Speciality Hospital it was decided that the Chief Executive Officer, Ajeet Kumar Sahu, will ensure that all elements of this project are fully completed by November 30, so that the Hospital can be commissioned soon thereafter. |
