Shift Salem GH to collectorate: Activist

Salem: City-based activist A Radhakrishnan written a petition to governor Banwarilal Purohit urging him to shift the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital to the district collectorate premises considering the increasing number of visitors to the hospital.
Besides patients from Salem district, people from Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Kallakurichi and Villupuram districts also visit the hospital for treatment, Radhakrishnan said in the petition.“Though the hospital has been expanding since it was upgraded as a multi-specialty hospital in 2010, it still needs several buildings to handle the patients effectively,” he added.
Radhakrishnan suggested shifting the hospital to the collectorate premises which could accommodate all the medical departments as it has huge space. He also suggested acquiring parcels of land from veterinary hospitals and old district panchayat office that are functioning near the collectorate.