Kasargod, August 25: A detailed project report on the proposed government medical college in Kasaragod has been submitted to the government, said P.G.R. Pillai, special officer of the college.
The report, prepared after conducting extensive surveys, was recently submitted to Minister for Health V.S. Sivakumar, who forwarded it to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, he said. “I expect the formal clearance for the project shortly after Onam,” said Dr. Pillai.
The proposed College would come up on 65 acres of revenue land at Ukkinadukka in Badiadukka village.
He said KITCO had been entrusted with the task of construction of the college building complex. A core group committee headed by N.A. Nellikunnu and Deputy District Medical Officer Vimnl Raj will coordinate the preliminary works of the proposed college. The plan envisaged 16 major departments. The institution would have a building complex for hospital, medical college, central library, water treatment plant, electrical sub-station, hostel
accommodation for students, quarters for hospital staff and doctors, playground, auditorium, well connected by road networks.
The proposed 500-bed hospital complex along with basic infrastructure facilities would be built at an estimated cost of Rs. 71 crore in the very first year. Dr. Pillai said the construction of the medical
college would commence in the second year. Admission for the first batch would begin by the end of 2014. Dr. Pillai said the hospital would be equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.
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