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.

There are nearly a dozen departments from K.R. Hospital that will be transferred to the super speciality hospital once it is fully prepared to handle the patient flow. These departments include neurology, neurosurgery, medical gastroenterology, surgical gastroenterology, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery, medical oncology, surgical oncology, and radiation oncology.

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The 120-bed trauma care centre, which was built a few years ago and remains vacant, was also in need of attention. The facility has been unused due to a lack of labour and equipment.

TH Sources told that the "MMCRI had also sought allocation for procuring equipment for making the super speciality hospital and trauma care centre, which temporarily functioned as COVID-19 hospitals, fully functional. With no equipment and manpower, the facilities are yet to become functional for which they were built."