In a damning display of negligence and systemic rot, Nagpur’s ₹60 crore district hospital at Mankapur stands sealed — 13 years after its foundation, six months after being declared “ready,” and despite employing 108 staffers who draw monthly salaries for doing absolutely nothing.
From medical officers to sanitation workers, everyone’s on the payroll. But not a single patient has walked through its doors. Why? Because of shocking lapses: no fire escape, no stretcher ramp — basic life-saving infrastructure. Now, the Public Works Department (PWD), which botched the job, is tearing down parts of the so-called “completed” building to fix what should’ve never been missed.
This is not just inefficiency — it’s criminal apathy. While crores are wasted monthly, health workers sit idle in a building that exists only on paper. No emergency care, no maternity wing, no diagnostics — just locked gates and silence.
The ones paying the price? The people of North and West Nagpur — forced to overcrowd already bursting hospitals like GMCH and Mayo.
Despite missed deadlines since 2023, there’s still no launch date. Meanwhile, the government defends the staffing, calling it “manpower retention.” Retention for what? For dusting empty wards?
What was meant to be a lifeline for thousands is now a monument of public betrayal. No accountability. No urgency. Just another taxpayer-funded tragedy unfolding behind closed doors.
Nagpur deserves better — not bureaucratic excuses wrapped in blueprints of failure.
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