Khanpur medical college for women set to get Rs 419 crore infra upgrade

Tribune News Service

Mukesh Tandon

Sonepat, February 26

The Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College for Women at Khanpur is all set to get new buildings in the third phase at a cost of Rs 419.13 crore. These include a mother and child hospital, institutes for special disciplines, hostels, residential accommodations, etc. The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of the expansion projects in the college on the birth anniversary of Bhagat Phool Singh two days ago.

Mother & child hospital on cards

• New buildings will be constructed, including a 250-bed mother and child hospital, colleges for nursing, paramedical & physiotherapy, hostels, residential accommodations and a guest house
• The buildings will be constructed/expanded by the National Building Construction Corporation and the work is slated to be completed within three years

Plan to increase mbbs seats

The institute is also planning to increase MBBS seats, from the present 120 to 150, and infrastructure would be suitably upgraded — Dr Jagdish Chander Dureja, college DIRECTOR

Dr Jagdish Chander Dureja, Director of the college, said in the third phase, a 250-bed mother and child care block would be constructed near the main casualty building and it would be interconnected.

Apart from this, in the Phase-3, three colleges for nursing, paramedical service and physiotherapy would be constructed. “Nursing students’ hostel, MBBS students’ hostel, PG doctors’ hostel, student dining block, public canteen, expansion of lecture theatre, medical college block will be constructed,” said Dr Dureja.

At present, employees are living outside the campus. That’s why residential accommodations for the D1 and D2 employees would be developed, he said. A public canteen would also be developed. “After the construction of colleges for nursing, paramedical and physiotherapy, well-trained staff as per international standards will be provided, which will be very helpful for patient care,” Dr Dureja said.

Though the post-graduation (PG) courses in all specialties have been running since 2015, there was no PG hostel on the campus. Now, a special PG doctors’ hostel would be constructed, he said.

“Besides, the institute is going to increase MBBS seats in the college. At present, there are only 120 seats in the college, but we are trying to increase 30 more seats. After that, the total seats for MBBS will be 150,” Dr Dureja said. To accommodate the increased number of students, including MBBS, PG, nursing, paramedical and physiotherapy, the medical college building and lecture theatres would be extended, he said. “There is no guest house on the campus to accommodate the external examiners and other delegates, who come to the institution to attend seminars, workshops and conferences from distant places. There was no provision of stay for guests of faculty members, staff and students. A guest house, containing 16 VIP rooms and four VIP suites, would be constructed on the campus. The director said all buildings would be constructed or expanded by the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) and the projects would be completed within three years. He said as many as 1,800-2,000 persons visited the OPD daily.

The medical college started in 2009 and it was made functional in 2011. In the Phase-1 of the project, a medical hospital, college and administration building was developed, residences of type A to E and doctors’ hostel (male and female), girls’ hostel and nursing hostel were constructed at a cost of Rs 330.41 crore. In Phase-II, the residences of type A to E, Vishram Sadan, special ward, gymnasium, director’s residence, cafeteria and a shopping complex were constructed at a cost of Rs 75 crore.

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