Ladakh: Kargil gets 300-bed district hospital at cost of Rs 40.37 crore
Kargil: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur has inaugurated a 300-bed district hospital in Kargil district and stressed the need for providing the best possible health facilities to the people of the Union Territory.
Constructed at a cost of Rs 40.37 crore, the hospital complex has come up at Lower Kurbathang in Kargil, officials said.
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The LG congratulated the people for one of its kind state-of-the-art district hospital in Kargil.
He appreciated the efforts of the Kargil hill council along with the officials of the administration for making the construction of the district hospital with all facilities possible in a short time.
Mathur stated that the MRI machine would be sanctioned for the New district hospital in Kargil and further infrastructure expansion works would be made in the future so that the public could avail their benefits.
Chairman, of LAHDC (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council) Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan, thanked the administration for setting up the New district hospital in Kargil on behalf of the people.
He informed that the hospital was constructed in a short span of time despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a Delhi-based private company of doctors had proposed providing telemedicine facilities in remote areas of Ladakh, an official spokesman said. The proposal had been submitted by a delegation of doctors led by the director of Medijunction smart healthcare private limited which called on Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur in New Delhi. The spokesman said the delegation proposed providing telemedicine healthcare facilities along with the physical presence of medical staff in remote areas of Ladakh, including doctors and nurses. They also discussed providing instant healthcare services at doorsteps and digital ICU (intensive care unit), he said, adding the delegation also proposed setting up rural digital clinics, integrating various services and properly utilising doctors' time.
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