PGI Satellite Hospital in UNA gets environmental clearance for construction work
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh's State Environment Impact Assessment Authority has granted environmental clearance for the construction of PGI Satellite Hospital in Una district, officials said on Thursday.
The construction work would start in the next 15 days, chief engineer Anil Gupta told PTI, adding that a residential complex for doctors and paramedical staff would also be built.
The foundation stone of the PGI Satellite Hospital was laid in Una on March 7, 2019. A tender has been issued for the construction of the hospital for which 402 kanals of land has been allotted in Mahalat village.
One acre is equal to eight kanals.
The hospital will be built at a cost Rs 450 crore. Of this, Rs 283 crore will be spent on the construction of buildings and the rest on acquiring equipment, according to officials.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had laid the foundation stone of the first positron emission tomography (PET) scan block at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Hospital. The block, to be constructed at a cost of Rs 45.68 crore, would be a three-story building with modern amenities for patients, doctors and paramedical staff and a parking space for about 50 vehicles. The chief minister said patients from the state had to travel to Chandigarh or Delhi for a PET scan which was very expensive and added that once the PET block is completed, it would facilitate the detection of cancer, response and follow-up and be helpful to cardiology, psychiatry, urology and other departments.
A sum of Rs 21 crore would be spent for single positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT) machine, Rs 9 crore for photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) CT machine and Rs 15.68 crore for civil works.
