Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Sept 12
The Government has taken strenuous efforts to create infrastructure at a massive scale for health institutions across the state.
At present, 22 district and sub-district hospitals at a total cost of about Rs. 457.92 crore are under construction in the state and are likely to be completed by the end of the current fiscal.
The mega hospital building projects include Rs. 57 crore district hospital, Anantnag, Rs. 48 crore district hospital, Baramulla, Rs. 37 crore district hospital, Kulgam, Rs. 37 crore district hospital Bandipora, Rs. 42 crore Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Rainawari and Rs. 38 crore sub-district hospital, Sopore.
Other district and sub-district hospitals, including additional blocks in the existing ones, are nearing completion at SMGS Hospital Jammu, Dental colleges at Jammu and Srinagar, OPD block in Gandhi Nagar Hospital Jammu, district hospitals at Doda, Poonch, Kishtwar, Kathua, Rajouri and Kupwara and sub-district hospitals at Bhaderwah, Sarwal, Shopian and Pulwama.
The government has taken up construction of nearly 200 health institutions in hand in the state. Of these, 35 health centres are nearing completion. In addition, 22 primary health centres at a cost of Rs. 33 crore have also been completed in the valley. |
