By SNV Sudhir
The foundation stone for the project, coming up in 110 acres
of land near Hanumanthavaka in the city was laid in 2007. The target was to
complete the project within 16 months from the day foundation is laid. Down the
line after 6 years, now in 2014 bare walls and empty buildings welcome the
visitors at the proposed site. Lack of sufficient funds has hit the progress of
works of the hospital, which is to be developed into a super specialty hospital
modeled on the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad .
The 1,300-bed VIMS with specialisation wings – oncology, neurology,
trauma care, cardiology, and gastroenterology were planned. So far buildings for six specialty blocks has
been completed at a cost of Rs 55 crore and works stopped due to shortage of
funds.
In an act of mockery against the promises made by chief
minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and health minister D L Ravindra Reddy earlier
that Rs 90 crore would be sanctioned immediately for the completion of pending
works the budget for 2012-13 has allocated only Rs 10 crore.
The first phase, in which government proposed to complete a
450 bed hospital, is also yet to be finished. It is learnt that VIMS immediately requires Rs
90 cr for the first phase launch for buying the medical equipment and getting
support staff.
VIMS is meant for people of north
coastal Andhra districts and can also cater to the needs of people in
neighbouring states. A super speciality facility is needed for the people of
this area since NIMS in Hyderabad is taking care of Telangana region and the
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), at Tirupati, caters to
Rayalaseema region. While the State Government is helping out NIMS, the
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board is meeting all the needs of SVIMS.
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