{"id":27224,"date":"2026-10-14T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=27224"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:32:11","slug":"gbp-hospital-launches-new-healthcare-services-on-66th-foundation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/gbp-hospital-launches-new-healthcare-services-on-66th-foundation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP Hospital Launches New Healthcare Services on 66th Foundation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agartala, October 14:<\/strong> New healthcare facilities, including a catheterisation laboratory (Cath Lab), an integrated service laboratory, a 12-bed post-operative Surgical Intensive Care Unit (Surgical ICU), a 14-bed Medicine ICU and a Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD), were inaugurated at Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital on Wednesday to mark its 66th foundation day.

Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha inaugurated the new facilities, reaffirming the state government’s commitment to strengthening healthcare infrastructure and providing advanced, modern medical services to the people of Tripura. The 14-bed ICU at the extended Medicine Block was virtually inaugurated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking at the programme, the Chief Minister said the Integrated Service Laboratory had been established at a cost of Rs. 3.50 crore. With financial assistance of Rs. 3.7 crore from HDFC, a 12-bed Surgical ICU and a 14-bed Medicine ICU had been developed. An additional 14-bed ICU has also been established at the extended Medicine Block. He further informed that the hospital’s bed capacity had increased from 727 to 1,413, with plans to add another 100 beds. HDFC has also provided an additional Rs. 1.50 crore to improve treatment facilities.

Highlighting the expansion of medical education in Tripura, the Chief Minister said the number of MBBS seats at Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) had been increased to 250. He added that institutions for dental, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic education were being established. The Tripura State Health University Bill has also been passed in the state Legislative Assembly.

Emphasising the importance of patient care, the Chief Minister urged healthcare professionals to maintain a compassionate and humanitarian approach towards patients. He also stressed the need to ensure cleanliness and proper maintenance of medical equipment. He said public trust could be strengthened through accurate diagnosis, advanced treatment and sincere delivery of healthcare services.

At the programme, Health Secretary Kiran Gitte informed that Rs. 160 crore had been sanctioned over the past two years for the development of healthcare infrastructure and procurement of medical equipment through the National Health Mission (NHM) and the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI).

He further stated that, following a review last year, the number of teaching doctors had been increased to 630. Around 94 per cent of healthcare services in the state had been digitised, while the Aadhaar linking of treatment records for approximately 36 lakh people was underway.

GBP Hospital Superintendent Dr. Bidhan Goswami delivered the welcome address. The programme was attended by MLA Mina Rani Sarkar, Additional Secretary of the Health Department Saju Vaheed A., Director of Health Services Dr. Debashree Debbarma, AGMC Principal Dr. Tapan Majumder and other dignitaries.

During the event, Dr. Shankar Chakraborty and Nurse Krishna Majumder were felicitated in recognition of their service and performance. Dr. Kanak Chowdhury delivered the vote of thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agartala, October 14: New healthcare facilities, including a catheterisation laboratory (Cath Lab), an integrated service laboratory, a 12-bed post-operative Surgical Intensive Care Unit (Surgical ICU), a 14-bed Medicine ICU and a Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD), were inaugurated at Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital on Wednesday to mark its 66th foundation day. Chief Minister Prof. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":27222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[256],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":["post-27224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tripura","tag-gbp-hospital"],"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"kamal","last_name":"jamatia","user_url":"http:\/\/www.aguli.in","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27225,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27224\/revisions\/27225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27224"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=27224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}