Hospital within Patna High Court Inaugurated

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Patna High Court Chief Justice Dr. J. N. Bhatt, on Tuesday, inaugurated the first ever hospital within a court premises in the nation in the presence of several prominent lawyers, judges, and officials from the state government.

Health Department chief secretary Deepak Kumar said the hospital built at the cost of Rs. 12 lakh, currently has four beds – 3 in the men's ward and 1 in the women's section with six doctors, including one female physician, to handle any medical emergency.

Kumar said the hospital would further be expanded to include an eye doctor, an orthopedic surgeon, a full-fledged intensive care unit (ICU) along with a well-stocked pharmacy.

The legal community would also be able to avail the facilities of the pathology lab at highly subsidized rates, he said.

Interestingly, it was Chief Justice R. S. Raghwan who laid the foundation stone of the hospital in 2004.