250-bed govt hospital to come up in Bengaluru.

A new 250-bed government hospital will be built in Mahadevapura in the city, Karnataka Forest, Kannada and Culture Minister, Aravind Limbavali said recently.

"The Covid-19 Task Force in the state has been asking for the construction of more hospitals in Bengaluru. The construction of the government hospital will begin very soon," the minister said in a statement.

According to him, the building will have a special ward for children and also a maternity ward.

The hospital will have all facilities available in a district hospital.

Limbavali is an MLA from the Mahadevapura constituency.

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