Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Shri J.P. Nadda, healthcare facilities in the country and the state have been continuously improving for the last 11 years. New medical colleges and nursing colleges are being opened in Madhya Pradesh. The state government is working tirelessly to improve health facilities. He said that the state's healthcare facilities have improved significantly in recent years. Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav was addressing as the chief guest at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new 1,450-bed hospital at the Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital campus in Indore on Sunday, costing a total of ₹773.07 crore.
State Urban Administration and Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat, and Minister of State for Health Narendra Shivaji Patel were also present.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said on this occasion that just as Indore city is the pride of our state, Indore's MY Hospital also has its own unique identity in Madhya Pradesh. He said that with the construction of a 1,450-bed hospital in Indore, patients from not only Madhya Pradesh but also the border districts of neighboring states will have access to better healthcare facilities.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that by merging the Health Department and the Medical Education Department, this department has been further strengthened. He informed on this occasion that MY Hospital in Indore offers free bone marrow transplant and kidney transplant services. He instructed the construction agency officials to pay special attention to quality in the construction of the new hospital building.
It is noteworthy that the new hospital building, to be constructed by the Madhya Pradesh Building Development Corporation, will have a total of 330 beds in the Medicine Ward, 330 beds in the Surgery Department, 180 beds in the Orthopedics Department, 60 beds in the Pediatric Surgery Department, 100 beds in the Pediatrics Ward, 60 beds in Neurosurgery, 30 beds in the ENT Department, 20 beds in the Dental Department, 20 beds in the Dermatology Department, 100 beds in the Mother and Child Ward, 80 beds in the Eye Ward, and 180 beds for patients admitted to the Emergency Medicine Ward. A total of ₹528 crore will be spent on the construction of the 1,450-bed wards in the new hospital building. Additionally, ₹21.37 crore will be spent on the construction of a 550-bed nursing hostel and ₹1.60 crore on the construction of a 250-seater mini auditorium. In addition, the construction of a public parking lot will cost ₹31.50 crore, electrification, boundary wall, and solar panel installation ₹25.53 crore, and works related to sewage treatment plant, plumbing, and water supply will cost approximately ₹10 crore.