Patna will soon have a super-specialty eye hospital. It will be an autonomous body and will have a separate cadre for doctors. Till its own building comes up in the phase-wise manner it will function at the existing Rajendaranagar Hospital in Patna.
The chief minister, Nitish Kumar, gave a green signal to this proposed hospital. He also instructed the health secretary to post six doctors on an immediate basis. He instructed the officers to make a unique composite structure for the super specialty eye hospital.
To train the doctors it will have a tie-up with reputed national and international eye hospitals. Some of the eye-specialists from the state, who are working abroad, are also keen to return.
A meeting in this regard was held on Sunday with chief minister, Nitish Kumar, in the chair. Dr Rajvardhan Azad, Chief of Retinal Services, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, who is involved in the project, had earlier held two meetings with the executive director of the State Health Society, Bihar.
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