The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Government Super Speciality Hospital for Maternity and Child Health gathers dust; patients going to other cities for treatment
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The Hindu Bureau
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A new ₹136 crore Government Super Speciality Hospital in Thoothukudi remains non-operational due to a lack of staff and resources. Patients are currently forced to seek care at private facilities or travel to other cities.
As the Government Super Speciality Hospital for Maternity and Child Health, built at Third Mile on an outlay of ₹136 crore, is gathering dust, the patients, including newborn babies and the women requiring specialised medical treatments, have been left at the mercy of private hospitals here or being forced to travel to well-equipped government hospitals in other cities.
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