Srinagar, March 15 -- The issue resurfaced in the ongoing budget session of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Jammu, when MLA Batamaloo Tariq Hameed Karra tabled a question on the status of the trauma hospital Lawaypora.

In response, J&K's Minister in-charge, Health & Medical Education Department, admitted that while the G+3 structure was completed in 2014 at an estimated cost of Rs. 641.00 lacs (with Rs. 541.00 lacs already spent), the facility never became operational due to the unavailability of specialised medical personnel and high-end equipment.

The response added that the proposal for a trauma hospital was not agreed/approved by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

The government further added ...