Dibrugarh, June 14: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a new 200-bedded City Hospital, an annexe of the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), at Jail Road in Dibrugarh.

The state-of-the-art B+G+6 storied facility is being developed under the World Bank-funded Assam State Secondary Healthcare Initiative for Service Delivery Transformation (ASSIST) Project, with a total financial outlay of ₹206 crore.

Spread across 10 bighas, the hospital will have a total built-up area of 29,087 square metres and is expected to be completed within two years. Of the 200 beds, 120 will be dedicated to the Maternity Department, while the remaining will serve patients in Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, and other specialties.

The project aims to decongest the existing AMCH and bolster secondary healthcare infrastructure in Upper Assam.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, along with Assam Ministers Jogen Mohan, Prasanta Phukan, Bimal Borah, several MLAs, and senior officials, were present at the foundation stone laying ceremony.

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