CHENNAI: Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian announced on Thursday that the State will soon establish one of India's largest and most advanced children's hospitals.
The Rs 480 crore facility will be set up in the campus of Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Guindy and has been planned to offer ten times the capacity of the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children at Egmore. The new hospital is expected to transform paediatric care in the State.
Speaking to reporters after launching Rs 2.59-crore renovation works at the Vengadapuram TNUHDB project at his Saidapet Assembly constituency, the Minister said 2,322 new tenements in Kotturpuram and Saidapet would be handed over to beneficiaries before Pongal.
The Vengadapuram upgrade work, funded jointly through the MLA constituency development fund and government allocations, would be completed by March 2026, he said. A proposal seeking reconstruction of the entire Vengadapuram tenement has also been placed before the Chief Minister. Further, a Rs 320-crore flyover near the Vengadapuram locality will soon be launched by the Chief Minister to ease congestion in the area.
On welfare concerns, Subramanian said an immediate inquiry would be conducted into complaints regarding poor-quality food at the MC Raja Hostel. "Action will be taken against those responsible. Standards cannot be compromised in hostels meant for students," he asserted.