GMC Konni All Set to enter second phase Expansion

This comes as welcome news for the entire district's healthcare fraternity as the expansion will be a major boost to the public health network in Pathanamthitta.

The government has allocated a net amount of ₹241.01 crore through the Kerala Infrastructure and investment Fund Board (KIIFB) for the second phase expansion of the Government Medical College hospital. The expansion project work, worth ₹199.17 crore, has been handed over to a Rajasthan-based company.

The second phase of construction envisages a slew of projects including a hospital building with 200 beds, a three-storey annex to the academic block, a five-story building with accommodation for 200 boys and a six-storey building for 235 girls, 11-storey quarters with 40 apartments in four sections etc, reports The Hindu

An auditorium with 1,000 seats, an autopsy block and a laundry block for mortuary and post-mortem facilities, a sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 2 lakh litres, effluent treatment plant with a capacity of 7,000 litres, the Dean villa and a playground with a 400-meter track also forms part of the second phase.

This will greatly improve the infrastructure and healthcare facilities available in the district and will allow for better training of medical students.

Health Minister, Veena George, on Sunday, 24^th October 2021, visited the construction site and reviewed the preparations in place.

According to the Minister, the National Medical Council has already accepted in its file an application for opening the medical college and an inspection by the Kerala University of Health Sciences too was complete.

The Health Minister is hopeful that the project will be completed by next year and the students appearing for NEET 2022 will be able to apply for admission into the college.