Lucknow, April 30 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) carried out an anti-encroachment drive on the King George's Medical University (KGMU) campus and reclaimed nearly 22,000 square feet of land. This land housed 12 shops and 40 slums. Later, the KGMU authorities have announced that the space will be used for constructing new offices for senior faculty members and subsid- ised medicine counters for patients. Though the budget for the project is still being worked out, a four-member team has been constituted to plan the construction, which is expected to begin within a month, said KGMU spokesperson Dr KK Singh. The reclaimed land will be used to build offices for the medical superintendent and chief medical superintendent, along with two to three counters for HRF (Hospital Revolving Fund) medicines for patients, he added. The four-member planning team comprises KGMU registrar Dr Archana Gaharwar, member secretary Dr KK Singh, medical superintendent Dr Suresh Kumar and chief proctor Dr Kshitij Srivastava. This team will oversee the construction project. However, they are currently unable to provide an estimated completion date. Dr Singh further mentioned that the responsibility for construction, tendering, and partner selection lies with the university's works department. Speaking about the new offices, he said, "Currently, the offices of the MS and CMS are located in the main hospital building, and the rooms are nearly 50 years old with outdated amenities. The new offices will have better facilities." He also noted that the institute has recently announced the addition of five more HRF counters within the hospital premises, which are expected to be operational within a month and will carry a larger stock of medicines....