Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar, Mar 07 : The government has finally allocated Rs 86 crore for the construction of 250-bed Maternity and Child Care Hospital in Anantnag.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday announced that Rs 86 crore have been allocated for the construction of 250-bed Maternity and Child Care Hospital in Anantnag.
It is pertinent to mention here that MCCH Anantnag is currently functioning from a dilapidated building with choked space that was declared unsafe by the fire and emergency department in 2014.
Located in the congested Sherbagh locality, the hospital has been forced to place beds in corridors to accommodate the influx of patients.
The hospital’s infrastructure, which is already thin, includes just two labour wards, four surgical wards, and an operation theatre to serve the growing number of patients. Hospital staff said that multiple patients often share single beds, which leads to overcrowding, noise and congestion—(KNO)
