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Udupi: CM inaugurates Haji Abdulla Maternity and Children’s Hospital

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November 19, 2017

Udupi, Nov 19: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday formally inaugurated the renovated and renamed Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdulla Maternity and Children’s Hospital near Chittaranjan Circle in Udupi.

The district maternity and children’s hospital is a part of the Udupi’s district government hospital. However, while the district government hospital is located at Ajjarkad, the district government maternity and children’s hospital was located some distance away. Philanthropist the late Haji Abdulla had donated land for both the hospitals to governments six decades ago. 

Speaking on the occasion, Siddaramaiah said that though the hospital would be run by the BRS Health and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd., owned by NRI businessman B.R. Shetty, its full control will be with the district administration. “This is not privatisation of the hospital,” he claimed.

Opposition to ‘privatization’

The Save District Government Maternity and Children’s Hospital Committee has questioned the haste in the inauguration of the Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdulla Maternity and Children’s Hospital.

Addressing presspersons, Yogish Shet, committee member, said that the District Government Maternity and Children’s Hospital has been rendering good service.

But the government, in 2016, decided to allow the BRS Health and Research Institute, owned by B.R. Shetty to construct a maternity and children’s hospital, a super-speciality hospital and an urban community health centre. These will come up on four acres of land where the Government Maternity and Children’s Hospital is located.

P.V. Bhandary, committee member, sought to know how funds from the super-specialty hospital would be used to cross-subsidise the Maternity and Children’s hospital.

“What is the hurry to inaugurate the hospital when its construction was not fully completed? Was it because the Model Code of Conduct would become effective in three months? How many medical and paramedical personnel appointed for the hospital?” he asked.

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Bengaluru, Jul 27: Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday took strong exception to the BJP's celebration over completing one year in office and alleged that people are suffering due to anti-people policies of the state government.

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Dubai, Apr 14: Around 2,500 Indians have approached Indian missions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) seeking help to be flown home during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, top diplomats have said.

The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Indian Consulate in Dubai together have received requests from "a little more than 1,000 individuals" while the latter has received an additional request from an employer who has laid-off around 1,000 Indian workers, reports Gulf News on Monday.

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The Indian government had said that flight services cannot be resumed during the lockdown period, which has now been extended till May 3.

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