MKCG Medical College development works begin

Work on Rs.199-crore project for improvement of infrastructure on the campus of MKCG Medical College and Hospital in the city has started. It coincides with declaration of Union Health Minister Gulam Navi Azad that this medical college would be developed as a super specialist hospital. Apart from it there are chances of increase of student intake capacity of this medical college from coming academic year. The L&T group has been handed over charge of development of infrastructure on the campus of medical college and hospital. According to assistant manager of industrial relations of the L&T group, Binay Kumar Patra, they have made soil tests for the construction works they would be taking up on the campus. These construction works had been already sanctioned by the government, he said. Under this new infrastructure development project, 20 new blocks would be constructed on the medical college campus. They include a seven-storied super specialist block, a modern auditorium with 500 capacity, new lecture theatres and hostels. Source: The Hindu