Udupi: Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the 6,000-litre capacity liquid oxygen plant near the District Government Hospital, Ajjarkad, Udupi on December 3.

Speaking after inaguration he said, The new building for the District Government Hospital in Udupi with 250 beds and has also sanctioned additional medical and para-medical staff for the new hospital, said home minister Basavaraj Bommai.

We had planned to upgrade the taluk hospital to the district hospital. Recently the state cabinet had approved for a new building with additional staff for the hospital. With this, the total beds in the hospital will go up to 250 from 124. The staff strength will go up to 195 from 129, he said.

Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesh, Udupi ZP president Dinakar Babu, Coastal Development Authority president Mattar Rathnakar Hegde, CMC president Sumithra Nayak, ZP CEO Dr Naveen Bhat, Udupi SP N Vishnuvardhan DHO Dr Sudheer Chandra Sooda, District Surgeon Dr Madhusoodhan Nayak and others were present.