Specialty hospital project in Kolathur progressing fast
The Rs 110-cr six-storey facility in CM Stalin’s constituency to be opened for public soon
CHENNAI: Works of the Rs 110 crore specialty hospital being developed in Chief Minister MK Stalin’s Kolathur constituency are progressing well.
On Saturday, the State government assured that the six-storey hospital block would be opened for public use soon. Civil works of the 556-bed hospital seem to have progressed faster than expected.
Originally, a three-storey (Rs 55.07 crore) state-ofthe-art hospital announced on October 3, 2022, and the foundation stone was laid on March 8, 2023, it was upgraded into a six-storey hospital by Chief Minister Stalin who laid the foundation for the three added floors (Rs 54.82 crore) on March 7, 2024.
Meanwhile, the concrete structure of the ground plus five floors already stands tall at Periyar Nagar in Chief Minister Stalin’s Kolathur constituency.
Measuring a whopping 2,12,890 square feet spread across the ground plus six floors, the hospital in Kolathur could be a great addition to the residents of north Chennai like the recently opened super-specialty hospital in Guindy serving south Chennai residents.
The ground floor of the hospital would accommodate an Intensive Care Unit and modern laundry and parking facilities, while the first floor would consist of a gynaecology ward, rehabilitation ward, and blood bank besides three operation theatres and post-operative wards.
Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Insurance Scheme ward, private rooms, general wards, general health check-up wings, pediatric wards, and critical care units would be accommodated on second and third floors.
From floors four to six, the hospital would have a special outpatient block, laboratory, diabetology, gastrointestinal, cardiology wards a cath lab, and four operation theaters in addition to an oncology ward.
Originally, a 3-storey state-of-the-art hospital was announced on Oct 3, 2022, it was later upgraded into six-storey facility by CM in 2024