Belagavi Medical Developments

Belagavi: While laying the foundation stone for the mother and child care hospital and intensive care at the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told government doctors to see God in the service of the poor.

The CM expressed his happiness at the opening of the Super Speciality Hospital, Mother and Child Care Hospital and Intensive Care Unit.

He said, "Most of the poor die of various diseases as they have no money to seek treatment. They keep postponing their visit to the doctor only because they lack the resources. Government hospitals (doctors) should treat such poor patients and realise that their work is worship." He was speaking while laying the foundation stone within the premises of the institute.

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He stated that the new hospital would change Belagavi into a hub of medical education and healthcare, particularly in serving the economically weaker sections of society. He talked about the services of the former Regional Commissioner and administrator of the hospital Amlan Aditya Biswas, in streamlining the functioning of the hospital. He directed the BIMS director and other officials to make sure the work of the hospital is completed on time, as per a media report in the Hindu.

In addition to the independent 100-bed mother and child care hospital, Health Minister K. Sudhakar stated that a 52-bed critical care unit would be coming up in eleven months. The 50 bedded Critical Care Unit block on the premises of Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences would be constructed at an amount of Rs. 1364 lakhs within a period of 11 months, reports All about Belgaum.

According to the plan for the critical care unit, the ground floor would consist of:

• Five beds for emergency cases
• Two beds for maternity cases

The first floor would have:

• DHU-06 beds
• Dialysis-03 beds
• Isolation room-02 beds
• An Isolation ward of 24 beds

The second floor would comprise of:

• An ICU with 10 beds
• Pre-OP two beds
• Post-OP with two beds

Thanking Dr. Sudhakar for sanctioning a super-speciality hospital and an additional 650-bed hospital for Belagavi, the Member of Legislative Assembly Anil Benake urged the Chief Minister to sanction a government nursing college as well for Belagavi.

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