Rajasthan CM Gehlot Lays Foundation Stone of IPD Tower and Cardiology Institute in Jaipur
A new beginning in the field of medicine, says the Chief Minister
GG News Bureau
Jaipur, 6th April. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of IPD Tower and institute of cardiovascular diseases to be constructed at a cost of Rs 588 crore at Sawai Mansingh Medical College campus in Jaipur.
During this, Gehlot said that the State Government is working with full commitment towards strengthening the health services infrastructure in the State. Health security of every family in the state has been ensured by providing free treatment up to Rs.10 lakh to the people through Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana. Accident insurance up to Rs.5 lakh is also being given to the families covered under the scheme.
He said, OPD and IPD facilities are being provided free of cost in all government hospitals of the state from April 1. Considering this direction, the Central Government should also provide health services completely free in all government hospitals of the country so that people can get social security.
He said that with the laying of the foundation stone of this IPD tower, a new beginning has been made in the field of medicine in Rajasthan today. The aim of the state government is to provide health services to every village and town of the state. He said that the State Government would soon bring the Right to Health Act.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government was making efforts in the direction of providing health related education to the school children from the primary level itself. A draft is being prepared by the Education Department in this regard.
Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal said that a new era has started with the foundation stone laying of IPD Tower. With the creation of world class medical infrastructure in the state, medical tourism will get a boost and Rajasthan will become a leading state in the field of health. There will also be a helipad on this 116 meter high tower. With the construction of the tower, the facility of 1200 beds will increase simultaneously.
Medical and Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena said that this is the first tower of its kind in the country where state-of-the-art facilities will be available. He said that the number of outdoor patients in SMS Hospital is about 15 thousand per day. In such a situation, after the construction of this tower, the patients coming for SMS will get relief and all the facilities will be available to them in one building.
Chief Secretary Usha Sharma said that in the field of health, all sections of the society are being benefited through schemes like Nirogi Rajasthan, Chief Minister’s Free Medicines and Testing Scheme, Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme.
Well-known specialist doctors of the country, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Dr. Naresh Trehan, Dr. VK Paul, Dr. Randeep Guleria, Dr. SK Sarin etc. participated in the program.
The facility of 1,200 beds in the college will increase simultaneously with the construction of this 116 meter high state-of-the-art IPD tower.
This 24-storey IPD tower will be the tallest building in the state. This will be the first government hospital in the country with such a tall building. The construction of this IPD tower will be completed in a record 32 months.
The IPD tower will have 1200 beds, 20 operation theatres, 100 OPD registration counters and many more other facilities.
There will be an arrangement for helicopters to land on the rooftop of this tower to ease organ transplant. With the construction of this tower, more than 4,000 beds will be available for the patients in SMS Hospital.
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