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500 bed children hospital to come in J&K soon: Officials

Srinagar
October 28, 2020

The first state of the art hospital dedicated to children with a 500 bed capacity is coming up in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
There has been a lot of focus on maternal and child health in Jammu and Kashmir, which is evident through the declining maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate in the Union Territory in recent years, they said.

"First state of the art dedicated 500 bed government children hospital coming up in Jammu and Kashmir soon," Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo said. Dulloo said that the health department with the objective to reduce infant mortality rate and child mortality rate to single digits had approved the hospital, which is coming up at Bemina, Srinagar.

The proposed name for the hospital is Institute of Child Health. He said that among the few children hospital in India, this would be the only hospital having a capacity of 500 beds dedicated to paediatric patients only. "This hospital will be helpful to meet the demands of paediatric patients from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as well as from the Union Territory of Ladakh and other neighbouring states", he said.