Bengaluru, March 28 The Karnataka government has constructed a massive, state-of-the-art 450-bed children's hospital at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Minister Sharan Prakash Patil said on Saturday.
Speaking after inaugurating the new hospital, Patil said it has been built to provide advanced care and treatment for children.
The Medical Education Minister described the hospital as a “first-of-its-kind” government-run super-speciality facility in the country, assuring that patients from other states will receive equally advanced care.
Patil urged the public to make full use of the facility, noting that 100 per cent quality healthcare is available only in government hospitals.
The institution currently operates 450 beds, treating approximately 1,78,000 outpatients and 21,000 inpatients annually, while performing around 5,000 surgeries, a statement from Patil’s office said.
The Siddaramaiah-led government is establishing medical colleges in all districts of the state, with about 90 per cent of the target already achieved. Only four or five districts remain, which will be completed soon, the minister claimed.
He further said that, on the lines of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, NIMHANS-model institutes and Endocrinology Centres will be established in Mysuru and Kalaburagi.
A dedicated children's hospital will also be built in Kalaburagi at a cost of Rs 100 crore, modelled on the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital, he added.
Patil stated that tertiary care treatment is available only in government hospitals, and that “Universal Health Care for All” is the guiding mission of the government.
The state now has the largest number of medical seats and colleges, along with 800 nursing colleges, he noted.
