All district hospitals to have CT Scan facilities: CM

Jammu, Mar 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said that an allocation of Rs 110 crore will be made in the upcoming fiscal year to equip all district hospitals with CT scan facilities.
This move aims to enhance diagnostic services across the region, ensuring timely and accurate medical interventions for residents.
Notably, there are several district hospitals in J&K where CT scan facilities are yet to be made available and with such facilities at district level, patients will feel a sigh of relief.
The government on Friday allocated Rs 86 crore for the construction of 250-bed Maternity and Child Care Hospital in Anantnag.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced that Rs 86 crore have been allocated for the construction of 250-bed Maternity and Child Care Hospital in Janglatmandi Anantnag.
It is pertinent to mention here that MCCH Anantnag is currently functioning from a dilapidated building with choked space that was declared unsafe by the fire and emergency department in 2014.
Located in the congested Sherbagh locality, the hospital has been forced to place beds in corridors to accommodate the influx of patients.
The hospital’s infrastructure, which is already thin, includes just two labour wards, four surgical wards, and an operation theatre to serve the growing number of patients. Hospital staff said that multiple patients often share single beds, which leads to overcrowding, noise and congestion.
A proposal for the construction of a 200-bedded maternity and childcare hospital on the premises of the GMC Anantnag-associated Janglatmandi Hospital was already submitted in December last year.
Currently, the hospital manages over 50,000 patients in its OPD and around 10,000 indoor patients every month.
Officials said that new infrastructure for the MCCH is essential as it will provide tertiary-level comprehensive maternal and child care services in South Kashmir. (KNO)