Country's second Largest Bone Hospital is Being Built in Bihar

• 30 Jun 2023

Why In News?

On June 29, 2023, Dr. Subhash Chandra, director of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (LNJP) Bone Hospital, located in Rajvanshi Nagar, Patna, Bihar's capital, said that in view of the shortage of beds for bone patients, the construction of the country's second largest bone hospital has started in Patna. Done, this hospital will be of 400 beds.

Key Points:

• Apart from a 400-bed hospital, the construction work of a spine hospital has also started in the LNJP Bone Hospital located in Rajvanshi Nagar of the capital Patna. In such a situation, now super specialty facilities will be available to the patients in LNJP Hospital itself.
• After its construction, patients will not have to wander here and there, because now all kinds of modern facilities will be available here under one roof. Everything from investigation to treatment and operation will be done free of cost.
• It is known that the construction work is being started about two years after the foundation stone of the hospital. The tender was floated twice, but both the tenders were canceled by BMICL due to irregularities.
• It is noteworthy that this will be the first bone and spine hospital in the state and the second largest in the country. Bigger than this is a hospital with more than 400 beds in Gurugram, Haryana, where only bone and spine treatment facilities are available.
• Patients will get all kinds of facilities under one roof in the new hospital. There will be provision of modular OT, CT scan, ultrasound, digital X-ray machine, MRI, mammography along with modern equipment for physiotherapy such as short web diathermy, microwave diathermy etc.
• The hospital building will be constructed only on the land available in the campus. It will be constructed in a total of 3,39551 square feet. Rs 215 crore will be spent on its construction.