Mysuru’s newly-constructed public healthcare facilities have remained unutilised, depriving medical services to the people in the region as the hospitals lack doctors, nursing and other support staff as well as major equipment.
Constructed a few years ago at the PKTB Sanatorium campus on KRS Road, the facilities include the Trauma Care Centre and the Super Speciality Hospital. The two hospitals were put to temporary use when Mysuru was in the grip of the pandemic, by converting them into Covid-19 hospitals when the demand for beds went up.
Both the facilities are attached to the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI), whose authorities claim that efforts are being made to rope in human resources. The big question is when will the facilities be fully operational to serve the patients?
