Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Aiming to upgrade Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital (MYH), the biggest government medical facility of the state as a ‘model’ hospital, the state government has prepared a plan to construct a new seven-story building and expand the hospital at a whopping cost of Rs 750 crore.

The officials in Bhopal have prepared a proposal to equip the new hospital with 1450 beds, providing modern medical facilities for patients across Indore and Ujjain divisions.

According to officials, the new building will be constructed near the MYH OPD after dismantling the nursing hostel and other encroachments, to ease accessibility to key medical centres like Chacha Nehru Hospital, Super Specialty Hospital and Cancer Hospital.

Despite the new construction, the existing MY Hospital building will continue to operate as before. “The Building Development Corporation (BDC) and the hospital planner were to give a presentation before the chief secretary on Wednesday but it could not be done”, sources said.

Surprisingly, the responsible authorities did not contact the officials of MGM Medical College and MY Hospital before preparing the proposal, nor planned any presentation for them. “A minister from Indore intervened and asked the officials to inform the MGM Medical College authorities about the plan”, sources added. Principal secretary, health, Sandeep Yadav could not be contacted for comment.

Multi-level parking and hostel for nursing students

To address parking issues, the new hospital will have two multi-level parking facilities for doctors and patients. Additionally, a 300-bed hostel will be built for nursing students near the Government Nursing College, located on the campus. At present, MY Hospital operates with 1,152 beds, serving around 4,000 patients daily in its OPD. However, seepage issues have been reported in the old building, highlighting the need for expansion and renovation.

Historical background

The hospital was established 75 years ago by Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar. He envisioned the hospital in 1937, but due to war, the plan was delayed. Construction began in 1950 and was completed by 1956, with an initial capacity of 720 beds.

The total cost at that time was Rs 65.55 lakh. +quote “Earlier, a presentation of the proposed plan was scheduled to be presented before the chief secretary on Wednesday. However, it could not be done and new dates for it will be decided soon”.  

Nitin Gole, Building Development Corporation