NAKODAR
The Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) has failed to complete the construction of a 30-bed mother-child hospital (MCH)at Nakodar even after more than six years. The then Nakodar MLA Gurpartap Singh Wadala laid the foundation stone of a 30-bed mother and child hospital on June 3, 2016.
The Punjab government had sanctioned Rs. Rs 6 crore in this connection. Earlier, the government had proposed a 30-bedded mother and childcare hospital under the central government scheme at the Nakodar civil hospital with the help of an Rs`6.9 crore grant, which had lapsed due to the negligent attitude of concerned health authorities.
Addressing a public meeting, Wadala had said that the building would be completed within a year. It will provide the best facilities for institutional deliveries and will take care of mother and child health.
Wadala had said that it is the government’s policy to encourage institutional deliveries to reduce the mortality death rate and child mortality rates.
PHSC subdivision officer had said in the month of May 2022 that the contractor who was allotted construction work has failed to complete the construction work in time and has been penalized and now the construction work will be completed by July 15, 2022
It may be mentioned here that a thirty-bed mother-child hospital (MCH), under a central government scheme, is being constructed at Nakodar civil hospital with two-three independent operation theatres.
When contacted PHSC executive engineer Sukhchain Singh said that the construction is complete and there is minor checking, and the building will be handed over to the concerned medical authority at the end of March month.