Rs 196 crore to boost infrastructure at GMC Patiala
Mann said, "We are providing Rs 4.75 crore for the construction of a sports hall at the Government Medical College. We will build houses for faculty at a cost of Rs 15.58 crore, multi-storey houses for doctors at an expenditure of Rs 17.67 and junior resident hostel at a cost of Rs 13.52 crore.";
Patiala: With an aim to improve the infrastructure at Patiala's Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, the Punjab government have allocated around Rs 196.81 crore for the infrastructural work.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who had come to inaugurate the renovated emergency ward at Rajindra Hospital.
Mann said, "We are providing Rs 4.75 crore for the construction of a sports hall at the Government Medical College. We will build houses for faculty at a cost of Rs 15.58 crore, multi-storey houses for doctors at an expenditure of Rs 17.67 and junior resident hostel at a cost of Rs 13.52 crore."
A trauma centre and residential quarters worth Rs 68 crore would be constructed in the premises, said the CM. Further, he noted that they have increased the bed capacity to 100 at the hospital. A number of patients were sometimes referred to other hospitals during critical conditions, which would reportedly go down with the currently planned infrastructural project.
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