Kochi: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday said that the state government will bear the expenses of the hospital being established on the campus of the Puthuppally Thalappady Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Education.
The Chief Minister said this while inaugurating the four storey building built at a cost of Rs 9.5 crore for the Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Research and Superspecialty Hospital at Thalappady.
The MG University was forced to start the hospital and research centre when it could not find a way out for the clinical practice for the students of its School of Medical Education.
Since the university won’t be in a position to run the hospital, the government will take over the responsibility. For the time being the university will run the OP facility and the Health Department will take over it later. There will be a 50-bed in-patient facility also. The Chief Minister said that he has asked the university to continue running the Angamaly SME unit.
Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb, Transport Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Jose K Mani MP, Vice-Chancellor Babu Sebastian and PVC Sheena Shukkoor were present on the occasion. On the occasion Jose K Mani offered '5 lakh to buy a bus for SME at Thalappady.
