A 230-bed super-speciality hospital, set up by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, was made operational today.
The hospital will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 19.
Built at a cost of over Rs 300 crore, the hospital has more than 20 different streams of medicine and surgery and two well equipped critical care ambulances, an official spokesperson said.
It has been providing free OPD services and diagnostic test facilities from March 15, during the pre-launch period and will have facilities to treat patients suffering from cancer, heart and neurological diseases.
The shrine board has concluded an agreement with Narayana Hrudayalaya Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, for operationalisation of the hospital, the spokesperson said.
Governor N N Vohra, who has been personally monitoring the establishment of this flagship project of the shrine board, visited various sections of the Hospital with Dr Raghuvanshi, MD of Narayana Health.
He interacted with the doctors, paramedics and other staff and emphasised on the need for providing the best possible patient care so that the hospital develops as a medical care centre of excellence, the spokesperson added.
