Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:
The path has finally been cleared for the construction of a new 12-storey surgical building at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), which serves as a major support system for economically weaker patients from Marathwada and adjoining districts. The tender process has been completed and the work order has been issued. The bhoomipujan for the new building will be held in March, informed dean Dr Shivaji Sukre.
The Government had granted administrative approval in April for the construction estimate of Rs 710.25 crore for the new surgical building. GMCH was established in 1960. The existing surgery building at the hospital is over 55 years old and has become unsafe. A structural audit conducted by the Public Works Department had reported that the building would not remain usable for more than the next five years. The issue was also raised through a starred question in the Legislative Council. Subsequently, a Government Resolution regarding the new surgical building was issued in April, and now with the completion of the tender process, preparations are underway for the bhoomipujan in March. The new building will be constructed adjacent to the Medicine Department.
Features of the new surgical building
– Ground floor: Accident department, labour room, MRI and CT scan facilities
— First and second floors: Outpatient department and pharmacy
— Third and fourth floors: Obstetrics department
— Fifth and sixth floors: Surgery department
—- Seventh to tenth floors: Wards of various departments, ICU, NICU, rooms for patients and doctors, dharamshala
—- Eleventh floor: Sterilisation and other departments
— Twelfth floor: Advanced and fully equipped operation theatres