Kalraj lays foundation stone for rest house at SS Hospital

SENIOR BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha Member Kalraj Mishra laid the foundation stone of an 80-room Vishram Kuteer (Rest House) for attendants of patients on Sir Sunderlal Hospital premises at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), here on Tuesday.

SENIOR BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha Member Kalraj Mishra laid the foundation stone of an 80-room Vishram Kuteer (Rest House) for attendants of patients on Sir Sunderlal Hospital premises at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), here on Tuesday.

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Mishra appreciated the efforts of the BHU administration initiated towards better medical services. Mishra, who has given Rs 50 lakh from the MP Local Area Development fund, assured all possible financial assistance for social service.

Mishra also chose the occasion to criticise the Congress and the Samajwadi Party for what he alleged the poor state of development of Uttar Pradesh and the country. “Instead of focusing on development, Congress and SP were trying to divide the society on lines of caste,” he alleged.

Vice-Chancellor of BHU, Prof Panjab Singh said efforts were on to get the SS Hospital of BHU recognised as the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ensure better medical assistance to the poor coming from neighbouring states like Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.

He said around 15 crore patients benefited from the BHU hospital every year and therefore the BHU administration was making efforts to ensure better amenities for the patients in the hospital. He said construction of this rest house would help those patients and their attendants who came from far off places.

Medical Superintendent of SS Hospital, Prof Churamani Gopal delivered the welcome address whereas Deputy Registrar, Dr MR Pathak conducted the programme.