Rs 117cr facelift for Mahila Chikitsalaya at Jaipur’s SMS Hospital

Soon, the Sawai Man Singh Medical College will have a new Rs 85.57 crore 500-bed indoor patient department (IPD) tower, a Rs 21.43 crore 100-room postgraduate hostel, medical equipment worth about Rs 10 crore, 50-bed ICU, six modular OTs, and an underground parking lot.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a Rs 117-crore makeover to upgrade the hospital’s facilities.Gehlot has also given the permission to the medical education department to use the funds stipendized by the National Health Mission’s Emergency Covid Response Package 2 (ECRP-2).Gehlot also revealed several infrastructure projects at the Mahila Chikitsalaya in the Budget 2022-23.

The state government has also increased the amount of cashless services under the Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bhima Yojana to Rs 5 lakh.According to the scheme, families will also be covered for accidents up to Rs 5 lakh.Beginning April 1, all government hospitals will have free of charge OPD and IPD services. Times Now Bureau