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Chennai to build 750-bed multispecialty paediatric hospital at King Institute with Rs487.66 crore investment; 7 floors, 14 unique departments

CHENNAI: A 750-bed multispecialty paediatric hospital will be built on six acres of land at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research campus in Guindy, health minister Ma Subramanian said here on Sunday. The new hospital will be attached to a postgraduate and super-specialty paediatric institute that will work as a constituent medical college of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University. This will be the third hospital on the campus after Kalaignar Centenary Super-speciality Hospital and the National Institute of Ageing. The state has set aside Rs487.66 crore for the construction of a seven-storey (including the ground floor) hospital building in 3.15 lakh sq feet, with additional facilities such as hostels for doctors, nurses, students, and professors, and other medical equipment. 'This is the highest allocation for a hospital in the state so far,' Ma Subramanian, who visited King Institute along with senior health officials including health secretary P Senthilkumar to inspect the place allotted for the construction of the hospital, said. 'We got the nod from the chief minister last week. Tenders will be allocated soon, and construction is likely to begin in September,' he said. The institute will be funded and run entirely by the university, he said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo The hospital will have 100-bed intensive care units, pay wards, shared wards, and suites. University Vice-Chancellor Dr K Narayanasamy said the hospital will have 20 departments, including 14 unique departments. The departments include medicine, critical care, surgery, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, neurology, nephrology, pulmonology, cardiology, urology, hemato-oncology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and an organ transplant unit. 'After the hospital is established, we will start postgraduate super-speciality courses in paediatrics, and the institution will serve as a centre of excellence for paediatric care in rare diseases. It will also undertake research to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world paediatric healthcare delivery,' he said. The new institute will also help the university take part in NIRF rankings, he added.