Madikeri, Dec. 9: The estimates prepared for the project to upgrade the Virajpet Government Hospital to a 400-bed capacity hospital from a 250-bed capacity hospital in the first phase have now been given administrative approval.The MLA of the constituency and the Chief Minister's Legal Advisor A.S. Ponnanna informed that the order has been issued by the Under Secretary to the Government of the Health and Family Welfare Department, Prabhakar T. The plan to upgrade the existing 60-bed hospital to a 250-bed capacity (190 additional beds) has now been formulated. Various necessary works at an estimated cost of Rs. 95.60 crore and equipment arrangement at Rs. 16.55 crore and various cadre posts at a cost of Rs. 12. 47 crore were approved by the state government. Accordingly, a separate proposal was submitted through the Chief Engineer for administrative approval of the detailed estimate for this work.The existing hospital building is spread over an area of 7.42 acres. The ground floor, ground floor, first floor and second floor constructed in 2002 are RCC buildings with an area of 4800 sq m. The 33-bed maternity and children's ward is functioning in the Mangalore tiled roof building constructed in 1950 and is in a dilapidated condition. The capacity of these two buildings is 107 beds.The existing hospital building is not functioning as per IPHS standards and the dilapidated building needs to be demolished and a new building constructed. The existing building constructed in 2002 has an area of 4800 sq m and has 60 beds.The new building can be constructed in accordance with the existing geography, with a basement of 2,000 sq.m., ground floor of 3,578 sq.m., first floor of 3,578 sq.m., second floor of 3,655 sq.m., third floor of 2,086 sq.m. and terrace of 150 sq.m., the total area of the new hospital building will be 15,047 sq.m.Also, the nurses' quarters will be 1,519 sq.m., Group D quarters will be 822 sq.m., mortuary 90.11 sq.m., and SPT and ETP will be 120 sq.m., making the total area of the new building 17,598.11 sq.m. The Executive Engineer, Mysore Division, has prepared an estimate of Rs. 95.60 crore for the said work, and the Ta. The Chief Engineer had submitted a proposal seeking administrative approval for the estimates prepared in accordance with the Uniform Price List for the year 2023-24 and 2024-25, adopting some of the suggestions made in the Technical Advisory Committee held on 10.10.2025. Now, administrative approval has been given subject to certain conditions and an order has been issued on December 8.
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