Mansukh Mandaviya lays foundation stone of 500 bedded Hospital at Doon Medical College

In his two-day visit to Uttarakhand, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya laid the foundation stone of 4 projects today including 500 bedded Hospital at New Block in Doon Medical College, Dehradun, and 50 bedded Critical Care Block each in Rudraprayag, Nainital & Srinagar. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, state's health minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya virtually laid the foundation stone of four health projects in Dehradun which included 500 bedded Hospital at New Block in Doon Medical College, Dehradun, and 50 bedded Critical Care Block each in Rudraprayag, Nainital & Srinagar.

Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, "Virtually laid foundation stone for three 50 bedded critical care blocks one each at Rudraprayag, Haldwani & Srinagar, along with Uttarakhand CM @PushkarDhami Ji. CCBs will help in providing quality care for Infectious diseases & strengthen the healthcare ecosystem in the State."

Appreciating the commitment of the Uttarakhand government towards the health sector, Mansukh Mandaviya said that “the Government of Uttarakhand is speeding up the work in the health sector, where a total of 14 critical care blocks are being constructed, 7 under the PM-ABHIM scheme and 7 under ECRP-II”. 

“Through these initiatives, better health facilities for emergency care will be easily available to the general public living in remote areas of the mountainous region”, he further added.

The 500 bedded facility in Doon Medical College will be expanded with an amount of INR 120 crores to upgrade and strengthen the medical infrastructure in the state. With this initiative, patients coming from remote areas will also be able to get better treatment facilities in the state capital, he said.

The Critical Care Blocks at Rudraprayag and Nainital will be constructed under the ECRP-II package while the one at Srinagar will be built under the PM-ABHIM scheme. A total of INR 71,25,00,000 has been sanctioned for 3 critical care blocks in Srinagar Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Haldwani, Nainital in order to make healthcare facilities accessible to the general public, with mutual coordination between the Government of India and the Government of Uttarakhand. An amount of INR 23,75,00,000 has been approved for the construction of each critical care block. Facilities like ICU beds, HDU beds, isolation ward beds, isolation rooms, emergency beds, operation theatres, labor delivery rooms, joint care labs, and dialysis rooms will be provided in the Critical Care Blocks.

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