Azad turns 58, inspects developmental projects in Jammu

Jammu, Mar 7 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today turned 58. He inspected developmental activities being undertaken in the Winter Capital of the state.

Mr Azad visited the under-construction five-storey attendant 'sarai' adjacent to the Government Medical College Hospital, the project of which is being executed by the Police Housing Corporation at an estimated cost of Rs 3 crore and would facilitate a large number of attendants visiting the hospital.

He also visited the Rs 120 crore super-specialty hospital which has been aimed at upgrading the existing Government Medical College Hospital to the level of AIIMS, New Delhi.

Six super-specialities of neu rology, neurosurgery, cardiology, cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery, urology and renal transplant, nephrology and dialysis would also be housed in the new 250-bed hospital complex targeted to complete in 18 months.

The Chief Minister also inspected the widening of the Airport Road and a park on the bank of the River Tawi and the site for construction of a complex for J&K Public Service Commission.

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