Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday inaugurated the new OPD building of Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that this building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 103.18 crore, out of which Rs 73 crore has been provided during the tenure of the present State Government.
He said that Rs 40 crore was also being spent on construction of the Trauma Centre which would be completed by June this year. The IGMC is the premier Medical College and Hospital of the State and the government is committed to fully equip it by providing world class men and machinery, he said.
The Chief Minister said that parking to be constructed at a cost of Rs 32 crore is coming up near IGMC under the Smart City Project which would facilitate the patients, doctors and attendants and general public.
Apart from six medical colleges in the government sector, one AIIMS is also being set up in the State at Bilaspur. AIIMS Bilaspur would be dedicated to the state in the month of June this year, he added.
Thakur also said that doctors, paramedical staff and other health workers of the state have worked with great dedication and commitment to contain the spread of Corona.
The new variant of Coronavirus is also a matter of concern, he said while expressing hope that with the collective efforts and dedication of the doctors and health workers, the state would also succeed in coming out from this pandemic as well.
The Chief Minister said that there were only two oxygen plants in the state during the first wave of Corona pandemic and today, the state has 41 oxygen plants. Similarly, there were only 50 ventilators at that time and today the state now has over 1000 ventilators, he said.
Over Rs 200 crore have been spent under Mukhya Mantri HIMCARE and Rs 3000 were being provided per month to the families with a chronically ill patient under Mukhya Mantri Sahara Yojna, the Chief Minister said.