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MP Captain Brijesh Chowta having a look astatine the Integrated Public Health Laboratory, coming up astatine a outgo of ₹1.11 crore nether PM-ABHIM scheme, astatine the Government Wenlock Hospital, successful Mangaluru connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta said connected Thursday that operation of caller captious attraction artifact astatine Government Wenlock Hospital present volition beryllium completed successful a month.
The two-floor artifact is being constructed astatine a outgo of ₹24 crore nether the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharath Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM). Of the ₹24 crore, ₹16.63 crore is shared by the Union Government, portion remaining ₹7.37 crore is borne by the State government.
The Wenlock Hospital Superintendent D.S. Shivaprakash said the captious attraction artifact is being constructed to supply each attraction services to patients during captious wellness concern similar COVID. The caller artifact volition person 16 ICU beds, 2 labour transportation and betterment wards, 2 beds each for dialysis and for maternity and kid wellness respectively. The cause store volition travel up astatine the basement of the building. The operation started successful December 2024.
Dr. Shivaprakash said nether the scheme, ₹6 crore has been sanctioned for procurement of equipment. The authorities has sanctioned 24 healthcare unit for the caller block.
The caller Integrated nationalist wellness laboratory, besides being constructed nether PM-ABHIM successful the infirmary premises astatine a outgo of ₹1.11 crore, volition beryllium operational successful a month. Tender has been finalised for operation of 74-bed wide ward and Central Sterile Supply Department connected the 4th and 5th level of hospital’s medicine block. The State authorities has released ₹34 crore for gathering the caller OPD block, Dr. Shivaprakash told the MP.
Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath asked Dr. Shivaprakash to taxable a connection to the authorities for handing implicit the information of roadworthy passing betwixt the Administration and OPD Blocks to the Wenlock hospital. This information of onshore was required for unhindered question of patients betwixt the 2 blocks, helium said.
