Super speciality block at Shyam Shah Government Medical College, Rewa opens
The 200-bedded Super Speciality Block, built with an investment of Rs 150 crores, was inaugurated by Union Health Minister
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare along with Aswini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh digitally inaugurated the Super Speciality Block (SSB) at the Shyam Shah Government Medical College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
The 200-bedded Super Speciality Block is built with an investment of Rs 150 crores under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) of Government of India. It has departments of neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, cardiology, ctvs, neonatology and pulmonary medicine. There will be six modular operation theatres, 200 super specialty beds, 30 ICU beds and eight ventilators in the SSB. This facility will have a training capacity of 14 Post Graduate students.
Inaugurating the Super Speciality Block, Dr Vardhan congratulated the people of Rewa and Madhya Pradesh. He said, “This will make India self-reliant in medical services. The SSB will provide state-of-the-art tertiary healthcare services to the people who earlier had to travel to other big cities to avail of the facilities.”
The Union Health Minister fondly recalled the Independence Day Address of 2003 of Late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to set up six AIIMS type hospitals under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana. Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “The government under the visionary and progressive guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to providing affordable medical care in all the regions. The number of AIIMS has been increased from six to 22 while another 75 existing institutions are envisioned to be upgraded to provide AIIMS like services.”
He also informed that the Union Government has sanctioned upgradation of medical colleges in the district of Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli and Maheshwar under Phase 3 of PMSSY in 2019-20.
Chauhan thanked the Union Government for its proactive role in strengthening the health infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh. He said, “This is a proud moment for Madhya Pradesh and the people of Rewa. With this, the training of the medical students for super speciality services can be started which will not only give good doctors to the country but people will be benefitted with such high quality medical services. This will be an additional effort in the direction of correcting the regional imbalances of the medical services in the country. Speaking on the timely importance of the new SSB built under the scheme, he said that people of adjoining regions like Shahdol division, Sagar Division, and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh can also avail of the superior quality of medical services.”
Sunil Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Vishvas Sarang, Minister of Medical Education, Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation, Madhya Pradesh, Rajmani Patel, Member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, Janardan Mishra, Member of Lok Sabha from Rewa, along with senior dignitaries were present at the event.
