New taluk hospitals will come up in Byndoor, Moodbidri, says Khader

U.T. Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, at a press conference in Mangaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH

As part of work to strengthen government hospitals in taluks of the coastal region, the State government will set up a new taluk hospital at Byndoor in Udupi district and at Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada. The taluk hospital in Bhatkal of Uttara Kannada will be further strengthened, said Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader in Mangaluru on Monday.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Khader said strengthening infrastructure of government hospitals in taluks will prevent rush to hospitals such as Mangaluru’s Government Wenlock Hospital, Bengaluru’s Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health and Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research.