Anand civil hospital to be operational by August 2025: State tells HC
Health department joint secretary, Prakash Patni, in his affidavit, submitted that the project implementation unit (health) has come up with a timeline for the construction of the hospital.
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The health department estimates that the construction of the hospital will be completed by March 2025 and then be made operational by August 2025. A public interest litigation was filed last year pointing out that despite the allotment of land in 2016, the civil hospital planned for Anand district had not taken off till date.
A government district hospital is expected to be operational by August 2025 in Anand, the health department informed the Gujarat High Court in an affidavit dated February 24. The statement comes in the backdrop of a division bench of the HC expressing its shock at the absence of a government district hospital in Anand, despite the district coming into existence in 1997.
Health department joint secretary, Prakash Patni, in his affidavit, submitted that the project implementation unit (health) has come up with a timeline for the construction of the hospital.
A revised administrative approval for the construction at Anand is expected this month, following which the planning and designing work for the construction is estimated to be completed by June. Thereafter, the process for procurement of tender and subsequent commencement of work, including releasing work order, is estimated to be completed by October 2023.
The next hearing in the case will be on July 10.
The health department estimates that the construction of the hospital will be completed by March 2025 and then be made operational by August 2025. A public interest litigation was filed last year pointing out that despite the allotment of land in 2016, the civil hospital planned for Anand district had not taken off till date.
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