Cabinet approves 1,000-bed multi-speciality hospital in Bengaluru for free organ transplant for poor

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Sharan Prakash Patil

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In a large propulsion to payment the mediocre successful healthcare, the Karnataka authorities volition facilitate mounting up a 1,000-bed multi-speciality infirmary meant for escaped organ transplants successful collaboration with Azim Premji Foundation successful Bengaluru.

Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil told presspersons that the authorities volition supply 10 acres onshore adjacent to NIMHANS successful Bengaluru to acceptable up the hospital.

“The instauration volition put ₹ 1,000 crore for mounting up the installation and is estimated to walk astir ₹350 crore annually to support it. The authorities volition supply onshore connected a 99-year lease.” Facility for kidney, liver, lungs and different organ transplants volition beryllium disposable here, helium added.

He said that portion the 350-bed installation volition travel up successful the adjacent 3 years, it volition beryllium scaled up to a 1,000-bed installation implicit the adjacent 5 years.

“It is simply a unsocial exemplary successful the country. About 70% of beds volition beryllium escaped and 30% volition travel astatine a nominal outgo that volition besides beryllium covered nether the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme.”

Liver transplant installation is being offered astatine the Institute of Gastro Enterology Sciences and Organ Transplant Institute successful Bengaluru that is functioning since 2016.

“The caller installation is coming up adjacent to NIMHANS to alteration creaseless harvesting and transport of organs. Three representatives from the authorities volition beryllium connected the committee that volition negociate the caller hospital,” Dr. Patil said. “More than 5,000 patients are awaiting kidney transplant and much than 1,000 patients are awaiting liver transplant successful the State,” helium added.

When asked what would hap to the existent facility, helium said that discussions were nether mode to perchance manus implicit the absorption of the existent installation to the instauration till the caller installation comes up. “This volition besides let them to acquisition moving specified a facility.”

The Cabinet besides approved compensation for onshore owners successful the Bengaluru Business Corridor for which 948 acres person been acquired. The compensation look has been worked retired with the onshore owners earlier.

Published - January 02, 2026 11:03 p.m. IST

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