Health Minister Shivananda Patil has said that the process of appointing 320 specialist doctors to fill up vacant posts in government hospitals of the State has reached its final stage.
He told presspersons at the office of KBJNL (Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited) at Almatti dam here on Saturday that the government was also in the process of appointing other medical staff such as nurses.
Admitting that he was receiving several complaints of dialysis units not functioning owing to frequent power cuts, causing severe inconvenience to patients, the Minister said that the government has decided to provide generators to all government hospitals in order to resolve the issue. With regard to establishment of a government medical college in Vijayapura city, Mr. Patil said that he has been putting pressure on the government to grant one college to the district but Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar “took away” one college for his constituency. “I hope that in the coming budget, I will get one college for our district too”, he said.
The Minister said that a 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital would be inaugurated soon as the work is under way on the district government hospital premises.
With regard to establishing the office of Managing Director of KBJNL in Vijayapura itself, the Minister said that he was committed to the idea. On shifting of the office of KSHIP (Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project) to Hassan, Mr. Patil said that he has written a letter to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy requesting him not to shift the office from NK.
About the Vijayapura-Bagalkot by-election of MLC for local bodies constituency, he said the candidate decision was left to the Congress High Command.
CM visiting today
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will visit Almatti dam on Sunday to offer bagina to the Krishna. Mr. Patil said that Mr. Kumaraswamy will arrive at 3 p.m. for the event along with Water Resources Minister D. K. Shivakumar.
