New building of Lady Goschen Hospital inaugurated
MRPL-State Government's financial assistance
Mangaluru: Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation DV Sadananda Gowda, inaugurated the newly built MPRL-ONGC Anniversary Wing Government Lady Goschen Hospital today.
The newly built 260 bed Lady Goschen Hospital is constructed adjacent to the old Lady Goschen Hospital. The seven-storied building is constructed at the cost of Rs. 51 crore, where more than 100 outpatients and over 150 inpatients can be treated every day.
Speaking after the inauguration, Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said, "according to a survey conducted by the department of statistics and programme implementation, the income of around 10 to 30 percent of a family is being spent on health issues.
"The families, who were above the BPL, had to fall in the BPL category following health issues. Therefore, several projects are being implemented. Generic medicine stores, Ayushman Bharat Project, and 14 new AIIMS medical colleges are being established in the country to emphasize the health care sector," the minister added.
Speaking on occasion, MRPL Managing Director Venkatesh said that the MRPL had given Rs 31 crore and the remaining Rs 20 crore was provided by state government.
D.K district in-charge Minister UT Khader inaugurated the ICU section, while MLA Vedavyas Kamat presided over the programme.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, former minister Ramanath Rai, Amarnath Shetty, former MLA Yogesh Bhat, KMC Hospital Dean Dr. Venkatraya Prabhu, ZP President Meenakshi Shantigodu, and others spoke.
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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
