Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has accorded sanction to conversion of 200 bedded maternity and 300 bedded paediatrics hospital at Bemina into a 500 bedded paediatric hospital.

An order issued by the health and medical education department of the state government reads: “Sanction is accorded to the conversion of whole complex of 200 bedded Maternity hospital and 300 bedded paediatrics hospital at Bemina Srinagar into a full fledged 500 bedded Children hospital.