Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil said Super Speciality Hospitals, Cancer Hospitals & Trauma Care Centres will be opened in Every District
Bengaluru, NFAPost: Karnataka continues to lead the nation in healthcare delivery. In a landmark achievement, the state’s Congress government has constructed a massive, state-of-the-art 450-bed children’s hospital at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, said Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil.
Speaking after inaugurating the new hospital, Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil stated that this hospital has been built to provide advanced care and treatment for children.
“A government-run super speciality hospital of this scale and capacity is a first-of-its-kind in the entire country. Patients arriving from other states will receive the same quality of treatment here. I urge the public to take full advantage of the facility and remind the public that 100% quality healthcare is available only in government hospitals,” said Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil.
The institution currently operates 450 beds and annually treats approximately 1,78,000 outpatients and 21,000 inpatients, while performing around 5,000 surgeries.
The Siddaramaiah-led government is establishing medical colleges in all districts of the state. About 90% of this target has already been achieved, with only four or five districts remaining — all of which will be completed very soon, the Minister clarified.
Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil reaffirmed the government’s commitment to providing quality healthcare to all citizens by setting up super speciality hospitals, cancer hospitals, and trauma care centres in every district.
“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,” said Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil.
“Universal Health Care for All”
Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil stated that tertiary care treatment is available only in government hospitals and nowhere else.
“’Universal Health Care for All” is the guiding mission of the government. The state has the largest number of medical seats and colleges, along with 800 nursing colleges,” added Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil.
The Medical Education Minister also felicitated Dr K.S. Sanjay, Director of the Institute, on stage, as he retires at the end of this month after years of dedicated service.
The event was attended by legislators Uday Garudachar and T A Saravana, Additional Chief Secretary Mohammed Mohsin, Director Dr B L Sujatha Rathod, Dr K S Sanjay, and several other officials.
