Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate several new projects of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital at Brahmapur on August 12.
MKCG Superintendent Prof Ashoak Kumar Behera said three new buildings, one each for Casualty, Preventive Medicine and Radiology wards, will be inaugurated.
The new Casualty building has been constructed at a cost of `3.60 crore, Preventive Medicine at `4.10 crore and Radiology building at `4.20 crore. In addition to shifting the old medical equipment, some of the new equipment will also be installed in the newly constructed buildings to ensure better health care, Behera pointed out.
According to information available, the l&T Company has taken the contract for construction of Central Examination Hall, Central library Complex, Nursing Hostel, Nursing Auditorium, ladies PG and UG Hostels, Gents PG and UG Hostels, 1500-seated Auditorium, a Super Specialty and Service Building at an estimated cost of Rs198 crore.
At the same time, construction work of a 20-beded ICU at a cost of `6.10 crore, Psychiatric ward at a cost of `4.50 crore, new TB Ward at a cost of `1.10 crore, Obstetrics and Gynecology Ward at an estimated cost of `12 crore have been entrusted to the PWD. The work is going on in full swing, sources said.