Karnataka: Govt approves Super Speciality hospital in Uttara Kannada district

Bengaluru:Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has given in-principle approval for the setting up of a super-specialty hospital in Uttara Kannada district, Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said. 

This fulfills the long-standing demand of the people of the district for a well-equipped tertiary hospital.

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''Our government is committed to ensuring the availability of quality healthcare services in Uttara Kannada district. Location and other modalities regarding setting up of hospital will be discussed with the Chief Minister. The proposal has been sent to the Finance Department. After discussing with the Chief Minister, the proposal will be tabled before the Cabinet,'' Sudhakar said.

The Minister was speaking to the media after a meeting with all elected representatives of the district including district in-charge Minister Kota Srinivasa Poojari, MLAs, and MLCs.

Kumta, which is centrally located in the district, is being considered for the establishment of the proposed hospital.

Pointing out that along with this, a 250-bed multi-specialty hospital that is being set up in Sirsi in the district is already under construction, Sudhakar said the Karwar Medical College has received approval from National Medical Commission (NMC) to start functioning from this year with 150 MBBS seats which would further enhance medical infrastructure in the district.

All aspects regarding healthcare infrastructure in the district including filling of vacant posts, upgradation of primary healthcare centres (PHCs), and procurement of equipment were discussed in the meeting with elected representatives, he said adding that he would visit Uttara Kannada district after the ongoing Assembly session to take stock of healthcare infrastructure in the district.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a major boost to medical education in Karnataka, from this academic year 650 MBBS and 216 Postgraduate medical seats had been added to the State seat matrix taking the total number of MBBS seats and PG seats to 10,795 and 5,360 respectively.

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