Mangaluru: The building and premises for the Durga Sanjeevani Manipal (DSM) multi-speciality hospital at Kateel in Mangaluru will be formally handed over to Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and Kasturba Hospital on April 29, at 10 AM in the presence of Shri Vishweshatheertha Swamiji of Pejavar Mutt by Sanjeevani Charitable Trust. The hospital will become functional later this year.
This hospital is joint venture of three entities, Dr. Suresh Rao, a well-known general surgeon from Mumbai who started the Sanjeevani Charitable Trust (SCT) at Mumbai, the Kateel Shree Durga Parameshwari Temple Trust and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). It was Dr Rao’s dream to have a multi-speciality hospital in his home town of Kateel, and the dream has come true with the support from Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Manipal Hospital group will equip and manage the hospital with latest healthcare technologies to serve the people through a well experienced team of doctors and staff of KMC Hospital Attavar. Currently there is no proper healthcare facilities available in Kateel and the surrounding areas, apart from some small clinics. Emergency cases are being taken to Surathkal, Mangaluru or Manipal.
The foundation stone for the hospital was laid on February 19, 2017. The building has come up on 1.5 acres of land. The three-storey hospital building has provision for nearly 100 beds. As a part of multi-speciality hospital it will have a trauma centre, ICU and a 24×7 working laboratory. It will also have a pharmacy.
