Hazaribag Member of Parliament and former central minister Jayant Sinha inspected the construction of an ultra- modern 500 bedded hospital in the Sheikh Bhikhari Medical college campus. He was not satisfied with the progress of the construction and gave direction to speed up the construction work.
With the efforts of Jayant Sinha Hazaribag was honoured with the establishment of a medical college and hospital in Hazaribag. The medical college was started near the jheel of Hazaribag. With the funds a large building was constructed for college and college administration. Due to lack of hospital the medical college hospital was started in the campus of Hazaribag sadar hospital, which is running till today.
The government has sanctioned 465 crore rupees for the construction of an ultra-modern 500 bedded hospital in the campus of medical college. The construction work of the hospital was started on war footage. Due to the lack of funds the construction work was stopped for a year. Now the college has received the allotment and construction work has started again.
Sinha said that work on the construction will be completed by September 2024. To complete the target the work must be sped up. When he asked the principal SK Singh whether he was satisfied with the progress of the work, he replied in negative. On this Sinha said how he would be satisfied with the progress.
Sinha also visited the hospital of the medical college in sadar hospital after the visit. He has visited trauma centre, blood bank and different wards.
The civil surgeon Sarju Prasad Singh, hospital superintendent Binod Kumar were also with Jayant Sinha during the inspection. Sinha said that the hospital has received all facilities of the equipment through the DMFT. The patients must be benefited with the equipment and treatment in the hospital.