Bengaluru: On Monday, forest minister, Arvind Limbavalli declared the construction of a 250-bedded hospital at Munnekolalu village in the Mahadevapura constituency. The minister and health and revenue officers had visited the site.
Limbavalli told that the government hospital in Mahadevapura was in poor condition for a long time. He said, “I had discussed with chief secretary Jawaid Akhtar recently about shifting the hospital in Siddapura also since BMTC was unwilling to leave the area. The 4.07-acre site behind Navaprajna school in Munnekolalu of Doddanekkundi ward will be used to construct the government hospital. The construction work will start very soon.”
The Karnataka Task Force has said that more hospitals should be constructed in Bengaluru if there is an availability of space.
He said that he had informed the matter to Health Department. “I said and added that there are plans to build a 250-bed district government hospital in Munnekolalu. The hospital will have all necessary facilities required for a district hospital – including a maternity ward and a paediatric ward”, he added.
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