Mysore: CM allocates Rs 89 crore to renovate K.R. hospital

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Friday during his maiden budget presentation, the allocation of Rs 89 crore to renovate the K.R. hospital in Mysore attached to the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI).

Earlier Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha had urged the CM to allocate Rs. 85.98 crore to renovate MMCRI and the constituent hospitals run by the institution — K.R. Hospital, Cheluvamba Hospital and PKTB Hospital. The renovation of the three hospitals will happen in the next 3 years.

Since the buildings are built with lime and mortar, there was an urgent need for restoration of the building as the structures are in bad shape with no proper maintenance. So the CM allocated the money to strengthen the building.

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To its parent department, the MMCRI had submitted proposals on the necessities of the new hospitals. It would have been possible to move some in-patient and out-patient services from K.R. Hospital to the new hospitals if they were functional by now which would have eased the pressure on K.R. hospital.