Saturday, October 19, 2019

HC commends TN govt for Ooty med college proposal

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:19.10.2019

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday informed the Madras high court that it had allotted 25 acres of land in Ooty for establishing a new government medical college hospital to cater to the medical needs ofresidents of Nilgiris district.

A submission to this effect was made by counsel for the state to a division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velumani, before which a copy of the government order dated October 11 too was furnished.

Recording it, the bench said steps taken by the government had to be appreciated, as it had acted very swiftly in passing the GO and allotting land for establishing government hospital.

This apart, advocate Chevanan Mohan, who hails from Ooty, informed the court that the chief minister had assured MLA of Ooty that air ambulance would be provided at the earliest.

Recording the same, the court requested the advocate general to get instructions as to when the air ambulance would be provided.

Since necessary license is mandatory for providing air ambulance service to Ooty, the court suo motu implead the union ministry of civil aviation as party respondent to the proceedings.

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