Rupani launches works for Rs 150 crore super speciality govt hospital in Rajkot, announces another new hospital

Rajkot: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today announced a new 500-bed hospital in Rajkot. Rupani said the new hospital replacing present Janana hospital will be built at a cost of Rs 60 crore. It will be a 9 storey hospital with 500-bed facility of which 200 bed will be dedicated to gynecology and women related illnesses while 200 bed will be for children.

Rupani made this announcement in a function in which he performed ground breaking for Rs 150 crore super speciality hospital in govt run Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay public hospital campus. Rs 6.38 crore nursing hostel, Rs 10 crore under graduate girls hostel, Rs 17.71 crore intern hostel and Rs 1.17 crore food and drug office were launched in this occasion.

Rupani spoke about government’s new initiative under which medical treatment is provided in 10,000 villages for four days a week.

Rupani said the city of Rajkot will be getting a new airport, new race course, new bus port and now new super speciality hospital which will benefit entire Saurashtra region.

Speaking in this function, union health minister JP Nadda said the central government has increased medical seats by 5,000 in one year. 19 lakh patients are benefitted under AMRUT scheme under which Rs 172 crore worth medicines are provided only for Rs 72 crore.

Nadda said as many as 86 super speciality hospitals are being built under Pradhamantri Swasthya Yojana. The Central government extends Rs 120 crore assistance to each of these hospitals. Such hospitals will have state-of-the-art operation theatres which will relay the visuals of operation live for the benefit of medical students.

MoS Health Shankarbhai Chaudhary speaking on this occasion thanked the Central government for increase of 276 post graduate medical seats in Gujarat.

Dr Talwar who has greatly contributed to research for leprosy vaccine was felicitated in this function. Leprosy vaccine programme pilot projects for Rajkot and Navsari in Gujarat and Malaria free Gujarat movement 2022 were launched in this function.

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