Medical college in Wenlock, civil hospital outside Mangaluru: Khader

Mangaluru, Apr 20: Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader has proposed a 200-bed referral civil hospital outside Mangaluru taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.

Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a programme, the minister said that the proposal aims at addressing the increasing need of specialised healthcare services for poor patients from Bantwal, Belthangady and Puttur taluks.

The proposed hospital will come up in one of the above three taluk headquarters, he added.

Wenlock Medial College

However, the minister ruled out the possibility of setting up a government medical college in any part of Dakshina Kannada except Mangaluru city.

He said that though land would be available at Bantwal, Puttur or Belthangady taluks, the government would have to spend Rs. 10,000 crore for infrastructure. “Moreover, it is also difficult to get 800 in-patients for the hospital attached to the college in those places.”

Mr. Khader said that the Wenlock Hospital was ideal place to start the medical college. “You can post doctors and nurses here and start the college,” he said. Earlier, in the function, Mr. Khader said the medical college would start functioning at the Wenlock in another two years.