PANAJI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Rs 380-crore Super Specialty block at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, on Goa’s 60th Liberation Day.
In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said it has been Modi’s constant endeavour to improve medical infrastructure and provide top class medical facilities across the country.
“In line with this vision, the Super Speciality block at GMC has been constructed at a cost of over Rs 380 crore under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana’ scheme”, the PMO said.
It further said that this is the only state of the art super speciality hospital in the entire state, providing high-end super speciality services. “It will provide specialized services like angioplasty, bypass surgery, liver transplant, kidney transplant, dialysis etc,” the PMO stated adding that the seven-storeyed block will also house a 1000 litre per minute (LPM) Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plant installed under PM-Cares.
Although the 540-bedded block has already been in use since the second wave of Covid in the state earlier this year, the formal inauguration ceremony had not taken place.
PM Modi will also inaugurate the new South Goa District Hospital. Built at a cost of around Rs 220 crore, the SGDH campus is equipped with modern medical infrastructure including OPD services in 33 specialities, latest diagnostic and laboratory facilities and services like physiotherapy, audiometry etc. The hospital has 500 oxygenated beds, 5500 litre LMO tank and 2 PSA plants of 600 LPM.
The inauguration of these two ambitious projects along with a long list of other developmental projects at the hands of the PM is likely to bolster the ruling party’s position with the Assembly polls close at hand.
