The new hospital campus would be built at a cost of ₹ 5400 crore and equipped with 5,000 beds
A move is afoot to upgrade the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), the largest health care facility in Bihar, and make it world class for which an budgetary outlay of more than ₹ 5000 crore has been sanctioned, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said in Patna.
Addressing a function here organised on the occasion of 11th anniversary of the State Disaster Management Authority, Kumar said the new hospital campus would be built at a cost of ₹ 5400 crore and equipped with 5,000 beds.
He said in view of the fact that Patna falls in a high-risk seismic zone, the new building will be constructed employing the ‘base isolation’ technique that would protect it from earthquakes, equipped with a helipad on its top and its construction would be complete within five years.
The chief minister also said a drive was underway to make existing structures earthquake-resistant and those buildings which are too old may be replaced with new ones.
Others who were present on the occasion included Minister for Disaster Management Dinesh Chandra Yadav, members of the Authority, senior officials of the department as well as NDRF and SDRF.
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