Rush job, poor infra cripple STNM Hospital: Sikkim health minister

Gangtok: The 1,000-bedded STNM multi-speciality hospital in Sochakgang, about 5 km from capital Gangtok in Sikkim, was completed and inaugurated in a hurried manner in March this year with poor engineering works, health minister MK Sharma informed the Sikkim Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.

Answering to a question put up by Soreng MLA Aditya Golay in the house during the third day of the budget session, the minister said, “Out of 972 beds (excluding TB wards), 639 beds are handed over in total to the health department and 537 beds are only operational at present. Previous government has completed it in a rush leading to rampant mismanagement in the hospital.”

He further complained of incomplete engineering work at the hospital leading to waterlogging and waste accumulation in the basement.