Rajkot to get new building for urban health centre at cost of Rs 1.13 crore

Rajkot: The city will soon get a new Urban Health Centre (UHC) and the old existing UHC will be demolished. The announcement was made public on Tuesday by the Standing Committee of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC).

The existing UHC have small space to treat patients in a bulk and the structure of the building has become old and shabby. Hence, the building will be demolished.

The new UHC will be established at a cost of Rs 1.13 crore located at Saheb Park Sheri near Jakatnaka on Morbi Road. This is the second proposal granted by the committee in the city.

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TNIE reports that the construction contract for the new building has been given to Bhumi Construction, a private firm. Bhumi Construction has charged 9% higher than the amount set by the standing committee. 

BHUMI Constructions was incorporated since 2007. The promoter has extensive exposure for over three decades into the fields of all facets of EHV transmission lines construction, associated civil & mechanical works, strong hold on liaison activities. It has strong presence in the arena of Transmission line construction, R&M projects, capacity enhancement projects etc in various states of India.

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In the meeting, the standing committee also approved a proposal to develop public gardens in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. They have selected Orbit Bearings India Pvt Limited (OBIPL) as the private partner to develop the gardens in Speedwell Party Plot in the Mavdi area.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a smart and time-saving initiative has been taken by the Rajasthan High Court which has recently launched a video conferencing remote point for tele-evidence for doctors.

Previously, the doctors of SMS Medical College were required to attend the trials, which hampered their duty resulting in taking leave from the hospital and avoiding the treatment of the patients at times.