SCB Medical College: SCB Medical College and Hospital Development Update | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack is being developed into an AIIMS+ facility at an estimated cost of Rs 4,474 crore. Though work started on Jan 10, 2022, construction work of only 32 per cent of clinical facility and 28 per cent of residential facility is over, said health minister Mukesh Mahaling in the assembly on Monday.
He said two construction companies are executing the mega project.The clinical package should have been completed by July 9 but now the new deadline is Dec 2025, said Mahaling.
He said contract agreement value of the first package is Rs 2,636.2 crore. The general medicine block will have 600 hospital beds, including 48 in the ICU beds, while the specialised medicine block will have 496 beds, including 67 ICU beds. Specialised surgery will accommodate 456 beds, including 88 ICU beds, whereas general surgery and trauma will accommodate 506 beds, including 63 ICU beds. The residential package will have residential units and hostels for male and female students. The DAV SCB Medical School building will be constructed under this package, said the official statement.
The work of the second package should have been completed by Jan 9, 2024. The new deadline is July 2025. The contract agreement value of this portion is Rs 888.5 crore. Mahaling said the govt has released funds of Rs 1,863.65 crore for the project since 2020-21, but Rs 1,430.9 crore has been spent on construction work.
Barabati-Cuttack MLA Sofia Firdous said the construction companies have already delayed the project. “Govt should ensure that these companies complete construction of the SCB project within the new deadline. They should not delay anymore. I request the health department to hold micro-level review meetings every 15 days to take stock of the project work,” she added. Established in 1944, SCB now has 2,132 beds. The medical college has 250 MBBS seats.
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