Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 4: Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture Raman Bhalla, who is also the Chairman of Rogi Kalayan Samiti (RKY) Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar, today said that the Gandhi Nagar hospital is being equipped with advance medicare facilities to tackle the increasing rush of patients aimed to reduce pressure on Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) and Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital (SMGSH) of Jammu city.
This was stated by the Minister while chairing a meeting of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) of Gandhi Nagar Hospital here this morning.
Medical Superintendent Dr. Romesh Gupta, Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings S P Manhas, Deputy Director Information (PR) Jyoti Rani Salathia besides other members of RKY were present in the meeting.
The Minister said that efforts are on to upgrade the facilities available in Govt Hospital Gandhi Nagar to match with GMCH and SMGS hospitals for benefit of the patients visiting the hospital.
He said Government has released Rs. 80 lakh for installation of digital X-ray machine and asked authorities to take necessary action in making the machine operational as early as possible.
Taking review of the ongoing developmental works in the hospital, the Minister asked the management of the hospital for face lifting of old hospital building besides repairing lights installed in the hospital, adding that Government has released Rs. 10 lakh for the purpose
Mr. Bhalla asked the concerned to prepare estimate for installing the air-conditioners in Gynaecology ward and newly constructed Dialysis wards so that the patient could not face inconvenience during summer. He asked the PDD to upgrade the existing installed transformers to ensure improved power supply to the hospital. He was told that a detailed project report of Rs. 1.09 crore has been prepared for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the hospital.
Earlier, Mr. Bhalla inspected the ongoing works of 200-beded maternity hospital coming up at a cost of Rs. 70 crore. He asked executing agency to speed up work and ensure that hospital is ready on scheduled time. He was told that every effort is being made to dedicate hospital to the people by December 2014.
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