Udupi: Dedication ceremony of Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital, also known as Mother & Child Hospital was held here on Thursday.

Speaking after inaugurating the ceremony Sri Vishweshateertha Swamiji of Pejawar Math said, “This hospital will be of a great help to the people of Udupi, this hospital will have more facilities and services will be free for woman and children. The hospital should ensure that poor and backward people receive treatment free of cost.”

Union minister of health J P Nadda congratulated Dr B R Shetty for his initiatives in establishing health centres in Karnataka.

“This is a unique and first-of-its-kind public-private partnership’ hospital project in India,” he added.

Dr B R Shetty thanked chief minister Siddaramaiah, health minister Ramesh Kumar and district in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj for their support in this
project.

District in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj said, “The 200-beded hospital will start operating from January 19. A 400-beded multi-specialty hospital will come up soon in the city. The income from the multi-specialty hospital will be used to run the 200-beded government hospital.”

C R Shetty, physician, deputy commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, SP Laxman Nimbargi, zilla panchayat president Dinakar Babu, CMC president Meenankshi Madhav Bannanje and others were present.