Dehradun

relief for Govt hospitals, funds for 2nd quarter released

PNS

In a major relief for the Government hospitals reeling under cash crunch, the State Government released Rs10 crores as the installment for the second quarter. The budget is now at the disposal of the Director General medical health who would release it to the respective hospitals. From this year the Government decided to release the quarterly budget for the hospitals in place of earlier practice of providing the budget at the State of financial year due to which the hospitals are facing financial crunch. Doon Hospital the biggest hospital of the State owes about Rs2 crores to the private vendors, drug suppliers and Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited. The sources said the hospital owes Rs1 Crore to the drug suppliers.