The newly constructed six-storey building of the Government Hospital in Kolathur in Chennai built at a cost of ₹210 crore and awaiting inauguration, would be named after late social reformer ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasamy, the Tamil Nadu government said on Sunday.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin issued directions in this regard. He also inspected the new building during his visit to Periyar Nagar in his Kolathur Assembly constituency on Sunday. The hospital is to be inaugurated by him later this month.
Following its decision to upgrade the Government Peripheral Hospital in Periyar Nagar, the TN government laid the foundation stone in March 2023 for the construction of an additional building with three floors. Eventually, it decided to add three more floors to the building.
Mr. Stalin also visited the ‘Mudhalvar Padaippagam’, a coworking and learning space that he had inaugurated in November last year, and interacted with students there. The learning space was designed to benefit students preparing for national and State-level competitive examinations.
Ministers Ma. Subramanian, P.K. Sekarbabu and Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi; Chennai Mayor R. Priya; MPs A. Raja and Kalanidhi Veeraswamy and senior officials accompanied the CM during his visit.
Published – February 24, 2025 12:59 am IST
