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Infrastructure enlargement astatine the K.R. Hospital is acceptable to statesman with the Mysuru Medical College and Research Centre (MMCRI) completing each formalities for handing implicit onshore for operation of the Centenary OPD Complex — 1 of its flagship projects planned arsenic portion of the institution’s caller centenary celebrations.
MMCRI Dean and Director Dr. K.R. Dakshayani said the onshore has been formally transferred to the Karnataka Health System Reform and Development Project (KHSRDP), which volition execute the operation of the caller OPD facility. “All outpatient services volition travel nether 1 building. This volition easiness congestion connected the infirmary field and payment patients, who tin entree services nether 1 roof,” she said.
The tract — earlier occupied by peculiar wards and a roseate plot — has been cleared and readied for the commencement of construction. The installation is expected to beryllium acceptable successful astir 18 months.
The task to centralise each outpatient section services was conceived a mates of years agone to code the dense diligent load astatine K.R. Hospital, which handles much than 2,000 outpatients daily. Currently, patients request to locomotion crossed antithetic ends of the field to entree services. Bringing OPD services and diagnostic labs unneurotic is expected to decongest the main infirmary and amended diligent convenience, doctors said.
The aged peculiar ward artifact has been demolished to marque mode for the caller building, which precocious received approval from the Cabinet of Karnataka.
The OPD analyzable was among the cardinal proposals submitted by MMCRI arsenic portion of its centenary initiatives. In 2024, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had allocated ₹75 crore in the State Budget to found a gathering for each OPD services. Once operational, the abstraction presently utilized for scattered OPD activities tin beryllium repurposed for different aesculapian facilities.
According to infirmary sources, K.R. Hospital caters to over 9 lakh outpatients annually, reportedly the highest among State-run hospitals successful Karnataka. Around 6 lakh inpatients receive attraction each year. MMCRI hospitals, including Cheluvamba and PKTB, grip nearly 13.25 lakh patients annually. The load has eased somewhat pursuing the opening of the District Hospital and Super Speciality Hospital, but connected immoderate days OPD numbers exceed 2,500.
K.R. Hospital has 1,200 beds, Cheluvamba 420, and PKTB 370 beds.
Dr. Dakshayani reiterated that the caller OPD installation volition beryllium 1 of MMCRI’s astir important centenary projects. “Once completed, the task volition substantially decongest the infirmary field and streamline OPD services,” she added.
She further said that operation of the gathering that volition location the IVF installation is progressing well, with astir 75% of the enactment completed. Tenders person been invited to procure and instal the required aesculapian equipment. The facility, coming up connected the Cheluvamba Hospital premises astatine an estimated outgo of ₹2.9 crore, volition beryllium the 2nd specified centre successful Karnataka aft the 1 astatine Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru, she added.
