The 371-bed new building for the Kalaburagi branch of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR) will be ready by December and it will be thrown open for the public by January 2024, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has said.
He was speaking to presspersons, after inspecting the ongoing works of the hospital building along with SJICSR director C.N. Manjunath, Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) chairman Ajay Singh and Kalaburagi South MLA Allamprabhu Patil, here on Sunday.
The estimated cost of the new building is ₹185 crore and it requires ₹56 crore in addition for upgrading the hospital with new equipment. The entire project is funded by KKRDB, he added.