(a) whether the Government has any proposal to revive and restart the centuryold KGF hospitals at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Kolar district of Karnataka and if so, the details thereof; and
(b) if not, the reasons therefore along with time by which it is likely to be restarted?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)
(a) & (b): There is no proposal to revive and re-start the century-old KGF Hospital at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) known as ‘BGML Medical Establishment’. Government has decided in 2006 to sell all the assets of the Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) including the Medical Establishment by floating global tender.
All the operations in the Company including the BGML Hospital have been stopped since 2001.