PUNE: The general body of the Pune Zilla Parishad has approved a proposal to construct a new rural hospital-trauma care centre at Nasrapur in Bhor taluka, off Pune-Bengaluru highway, to help provide timely aid to road accident victims and other cases, including snake bites, from Bhor and Velhe tehsils.
The Pune ZP’s chief executive officer Ayush Prasad said, “After the general body approval, we forwarded the proposal to the state government for sanction. We have identified a land parcel, belonging to the state animal husbandry department, where the new facility is to come up.”
Bhor and Velhe tehsils currently have one rural hospital and five primary health centres (PHCs). “The villages located on the highway do not have government-run medical facilities,” said ZP vice-president Ranjeet Shivtare. “The centre will benefit those living in 50 villages in Bhor, Velhe, Haveli, and Purandar,” he said.
During the second wave, many patients could not get medical care in Bhor, said Chandrakant Bate, a resident of Kenjale village. Lahu Shelar, a resident of Malwadi, said the rural hospital in Bhor was 25km from the villages on the highway. “Beds were not available during the second wave and most of them were admitted to private hospitals. The government should construct the facility at the earliest,” Shelar added.
“The location of Nasrapur is strategic. People from Bhor and Velhe tehsils can reach the facility conveniently,” Prasad said.
A senior ZP health department official said, “We are in the process of getting CSR funds from corporates. A multinational company has agreed in-principle to construct the facility under its CSR activity. Once we get the sanction, a modern facility will be set up,” he said.
