Tripura CM announces retrofitting of 151 years old hospital building | India News – Times of India
AGARTALA: Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday announced the retrofitting plan for the 151-year-old heritage building of state referral hospital Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) in the city.The old IGM building was built in British architecture and served the patients till 2010. After the new hospital building came up, the entire health infrastructure shifted to a multistoried modern premise but the government didn’t demolish the old structure, and declared it abandoned.“The state government has been running Govt Dental College and Nursing College beside the hospital building on the same premise and cleared the front view of the old building.The original building of IGM is one of the heritage constructions of Tripura, which the government plans to preserve,” the Chief Minister sai...