West Bengal: Jagaddipendra Narayan Hospital to get makeover at cost of Rs 2 crore

Cooch Behar: In an aim to upgrade the healthcare facilities in West Bengal, the renovation work for the old Jagaddipendra Narayan Hospital in Cooch Behar at a cost of Rs 2 crore has already started and is expected to be completed in the next six months. 

The old hospital will be converted into a 120-bed hospital with the latest facilities available for the people of the district. The work was launched on Saturday by the District Commissioner, Chief Health Officer Dr Sukant Biswas, Partha Pratim Roy, the Chairman of the Patient Welfare Committee at MJN Medical College Hospital, and Paban Kadyan, the District Magistrate, along with health department officials.

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The decision to renovate the hospital was taken by the district health department after the hospital was lying in a dilapidated state and the building was on the verge of falling down. The beds and various machines in the hospital were broken and found to be deteriorated.

The newly constructed hospital will provide medical services to people from neighbouring districts like Alipurduar in West Bengal and some parts of Assam. It is expected that the work will be completed within the next six months.

Paban Kadyan, the District Magistrate of Cooch Behar, informed the Millennium Post, “Approximately Rs 2 crore will be spent on renovating and upgrading this hospital in Cooch Behar. The hospital will have a capacity of 120 beds. Approximately Rs. 80 lakh has been spent prior to this. The work is expected to be completed within the next 6 months. The Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan Hospital (J.D. Hospital) had been established in the Mahishbathan area of Cooch Behar Block 2, primarily for the treatment of tuberculosis at the time of the Maharajas. At present the hospital provides treatment for all types of diseases."

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