Katra hospital plans to expand bed capacity

Our Correspondent

Jammu, January 17

The 68th meeting of the governing body of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Katra, was held under the chairmanship of Ashok Bhan, Member, SMVD Shrine Board.

The meeting was attended by Suresh Kumar Sharma, Member SMVDSB, Anshul Garg, CEO, SMVDSB, among others.

Several important decisions concerning further growth of the hospital were taken in the meeting. This included addressing operational issues, critical review of progress of early expected organ transplant programme, finalising plans for incurring capital expenditure for expansion of hospital upto 500 beds, extensive review of feedback and suggestions received from patients.

“After reviewing progress of its earlier decisions, the members expressed general satisfaction regarding the gradual growth of the hospital. This was manifested in all major performance benchmarks such as patient footfall, bed occupancy, revenue, clinical augmentation of operational base and capabilities,” said an official spokesperson of the Board.

He said the governing body was informed that on yearly basis, the hospital provides IP-treatment to almost 50,000 patients across different specialties, besides OPD consultations to almost 60,000 patients.

The governing body was also apprised that since the inception of hospital in the year 2016, free treatments worth more than Rs 40 crore have been provided to more than 80,000 beneficiaries under the medical support policy of the Board, aimed to benefit the poor and needy patients.

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