Department heads directed to complete the project within the stipulated deadline
The state govt last year granted administrative approval for the Rs 3-crore project, and local MLA MR Manjunath laid the foundation stone during the first week of Sept. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Mysuru | Silver Rate in Mysuru | Bank Holidays in Mysuru | Public Holidays in Mysuru Stay updated with the latest Mysuru news.
Speaking to TOI , MLA MR Manjunath said he had directed department heads to complete the project within the stipulated deadline while maintaining transparency and quality standards. He said district authorities had also been asked to give preference to local candidates for the posts of doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other staff, following requests from residents. Mysuru: Construction of a primary health centre (PHC) has finally begun at Gopinatham, the village of slain brigand Veerappan, located on the edge of the dense forests of MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary along the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border. The MLA added that district health authorities must ensure that doctors and medical staff posted at the hospital stay at their headquarters in Gopinatham. Download the TOI App.
The PHC is expected to benefit residents of 15 tribal hamlets around Gopinatham, who currently travel between 50km and 150km for emergency medical care at hospitals near Mettur in Tamil Nadu and at Kollegal and Mysuru in Karnataka. Because of delays in constructing the hospital, nearly 10,000 people in Gopinatham gram panchayat and adjoining tribal hamlets have long lacked local medical facilities.
The two-storied hospital building is expected to be completed by the end of March next year, said public works department assistant executive engineer Chinnanna. Residents of the region had been demanding a govt hospital for the past seven decades. The new PHC will house an auditorium, enquiry chamber, outpatient ward, injection room, laboratory, doctors’ chambers, pharmacy unit, warehouse, separate wards for men and women, a preparation ward, minor operation theatre, toilets, borewell, generator, UPS, solar facility and overhead tank, among other facilities.