Kangan, Aug 30: Much to the relief of the people of Kangan, the much-awaited Maternity-cum-Childcare Hospital (MCCH) building in Kangan has been completed and is likely to be inaugurated within the next three weeks.
Member of Legislative Assembly, Kangan, Mian Mehar Ali, said that the hospital building was complete.
He said that the Director of Health Services, Kashmir, along with a team of senior officials, inspected the hospital so that any work that was required to be done was completed.
The MLA Kangan, accompanied by the Director of Health Services Kashmir, Dr Jahangir Bakshi, Medical Superintendent Sub District Hospital, Kangan, and Chief Medical Officer, Ganderbal, reviewed the healthcare facilities at SDH Kangan.
They also inspected the ongoing construction work of the upcoming MCCH at Kangan.
“I am thankful to the Director of Health Services, Kashmir, for visiting here. We reviewed the healthcare facilities and discussed various things to improve the facilities in Kangan. Hopefully, within the next 3 weeks, the MCCH will be inaugurated and dedicated to people here,” the MLA Kangan said.
Notably, the foundation stone for the 100-bed MCCH Kangan had been laid during the then National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition government in 2014.
The hospital was envisioned to provide essential maternity and childcare services to the region, reducing the need for residents to seek treatment in distant city hospitals.
The functioning of the MCCH at Kangan would ease the rush of maternity patients from the area to Srinagar hospitals.
Locals hailed the efforts of MLA Kangan for getting the hospital completed and expressed hope that the hospital would be inaugurated and made functional at the earliest.
