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Jayadeva institute construction on fast-track amid surge in heart-related deaths
Blurb: The project has seen completion only up to the fourth floor. With a 30-month deadline looming, heavy rainfall and shortages in labour hampered progress.
Hubballi: With rising heart-related deaths in the state, work on the Hubballi unit of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences has intensified.
Officials recently inspected the site and held review meetings to complete the Rs 250 crore facility by March 2026.
The structure is ready up to the fourth floor, but the progress was delayed by elections and rain. The project started in 2023.
The state-run Jayadeva Hospital, which has branches in Bengaluru, Mysuru, and Kalaburagi, is one of the most reputed govt healthcare institutions in the country, with people from across the North Karnataka region seeking treatment for cardiological disorders.
The construction of the hospital is going near Lohiya Nagar.
Patients across the North Karnataka region are dependent on KMC-RI and private hospitals for treatment. As the number of patients increased at the govt-owned facility, there was a demand to set up a specialised hospital here. During Basavaraj Bommai's tenure as chief minister, the institute was sanctioned to Hubballi. It will provide quality cardiac care at an affordable cost to all sections of society.
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Arunkumar H, assistant engineer, health and family welfare engineering wing, told TOI that the work is expected to be completed by March 2026. A review meeting was held recently, chaired by deputy commissioner Divya Prabhu, who instructed to intensify the work. Accordingly, the construction work has been fast-tracked. Officials of the institute from Bengaluru inspected the site.
He said the lower ground floor, ground floor, and four additional floors will be built.
On the ground floor, there will be a total of 41 beds, including emergency treatment, pharmacy, lab, x-ray, ECG room, kitchen, and dining. administration, classrooms, cabins for professors, assistant professors, library, director's room, blood bank, laboratory, seminar hall, PG doctors' accommodation, estate officer, auditorium, special beds, deluxe beds, dialysis beds, male general ward, female general ward, day care, playroom, yoga and meditation, physiotherapy room, and dormitories for male and female attendants, emergency ICU beds, major OTs, pre and post Cath lab, recovery beds, counselling rooms for doctors and nurses and facilities will be constructed.
Brahmakumar A Patil, an elderly resident from Hubballi, said that cardiology-related health problems are on the rise in the state. "Such patients need timely treatment. The new Jayadeva institute will help the North Karnataka region in this regard. The institute in Bengaluru is providing emergency treatment in a timely manner. The authorities should complete the work soon and start providing treatment," he urged.
