Governor reviews work of upcoming Katra hospital

Tribune News Service

Katra, April 18

Governor NN Vohra, who is chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), today undertook a detailed review of the upcoming multi-speciality hospital at Kakryal.

He issued instructions for initiating time-bound steps to set up a nursing college. He passed these directions on a visit to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) at Kakryal.

He had a detailed review of the status of various infrastructure facilities and other components of this upcoming multi-speciality hospital.

He was accompanied by Dr SS Bloeria and HL Maini, members of the SMVDSB; PK Tripathi, Principal Secretary to Governor; Dr MK Bhandari, Chief Executive Officer, SMVDSB; Dr MK Kumar and B Mohandaas, Additional CEOs; Neeraj Gupta, Chief Accounts Officer, SMVDSB; Dr Raghuvanshi, Vice-Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Private Limited; Bengaluru; Brig (retd) Man Mohan Harjai, Chief Administrative Officer, SMVDIME; Dr Vinod Gupta, Director Medical Services, SMVDSB; Dr SP Singh; Subhash Gupta, Superintending Engineer; and officers and engineers of the SMVDSB.

The Governor inspected the main hospital building, the residential complex under construction and other components of this project.

The nine residential accommodation buildings, under construction adjoining the hospital complex, would provide accommodation for doctors, paramedical staff and nurses, an inn for attendants of patients and a guest house for visiting doctors.

During inspection of some buildings under construction, Vohra asked the CEO to ensure speedy completion of all upcoming buildings so that infrastructure and facilities were ready well before the planned date of commissioning this year.

The CEO said all buildings would be completed by the end of June. The Governor asked B Mohandaas and accompanying engineers to immediately undertake development by taking up landscaping and greening, constructing internal roads and provide other required facilities.

Later, in a meeting, the Governor took a detailed review of the status of the various components of the hospital and allied facilities in a presentation by Dr Bhandari.

The Governor took stock of the action taken on setting up oxygen generation plant, incinerator, shredding machine, laundry plant, sewage treatment plants, effluent treatment plant, autoclave, elevators, firefighting equipment, interior and allied works and other critical components being put in place as part of the project.

The Governor reviewed the latest position with regard to the purchase of medical equipment and medical furniture and asked the CEO to ensure arrangements for the effective maintenance of the state-of-the-art computerised diagnostic and treatment equipment with a view to developing this hospital into an institution of excellence and providing the best possible patient care from the beginning.

Dr Bhandari informed the Governor about the floor-wise status of various diagnostic and treatment facilities being set up in this 230-bedded hospital, which would have more than 20 streams of medicine and surgery, including cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, oncology, pulmonology, bone marrow transplant, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, trauma medicine, paediatrics and neonatology, obstetrics and gynaecology.

He stated that the headway required was being made on all components to ensure that all specialities were operationalised simultaneously.

Emphasising the need for undertaking a critical review of long-term requirements of this hospital, the Governor asked the CEO to take time-bound action for the construction of additional residential accommodation, hostels and other buildings on the basis of critical assessments.

Taking a review of the progress made towards the early establishment of a nursing college and a medical college in the vicinity of the hospital campus, the Governor issued instructions for finalising blueprints of both these institutions and preparing a comprehensive master plan for the construction of building complexes, hostels and residential accommodation for these colleges, taking into consideration the designs and capacities.

He stressed that immediate forward action was required to be taken for the affiliation and other legal aspects prior to the establishment of a nursing college and a medical college and ensuring that both these institutions would start functioning as per envisaged timelines.

Dr Bhandari informed the Governor about the micro-level planning in place for undertaking fire safety measures, hospital waste management disposal, water and power supply, installation of CCTV cameras and provision for sewage treatment plant.

The SMVDSB had executed an agreement with Narayana Hrudayalaya Private Limited, Bengaluru, for the operation of this multi-speciality hospital, which was planned to be commissioned later this year.