Bengaluru: In his maiden Budget presentation, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has allocated Rs. 89 crore to modernise K.R. Hospital in Mysuru. The funds will be utilised to upgrade the facilities in the Hospital in the next three years, the CM said.
It may be recalled here that Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha had urged the CM to allocate Rs. 85.98 crore to renovate the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) and the constituent hospitals run by the institution — K.R. Hospital, Cheluvamba Hospital and PKTB Hospital. These are the largest public healthcare facilities in the region apart from being the teaching hospitals of the MMC&RI.
