Bengaluru, March 28 -- Karnataka government has constructed a massive, state-of-the-art 450-bed children's hospital at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health to provide advanced care and treatment for children, said Sharanprakash R Patil, Minister for Medical Education.

Speaking after inaugurating the new hospital, Patil emphasised that a government-run super speciality hospital of this scale and capacity is a first-of-its-kind in the entire country.

According to a press release, patients arriving from other states will receive the same quality of treatment here. The Minister urged the public to take full advantage of the facility, noting that 100% quality healthcare is available only in government hospitals.

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