SRINAGAR: The civil component of the new 50-bedded hospital building at Kakapora is complete and the Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board is scheduled to hand the facility over to the Health and Medical Education Department in June 2026, with the existing primary health centre expected to shift to the new premises the same month.
The information was given in a written reply to an unstarred Assembly Question tabled by MLA Hasnain Masoodi and submitted by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir’s Health and Medical Education Department. The reply said internal electrification has been completed, work on the electric sub-station is underway, and the boundary wall is being constructed. The executing agency expects a formal handover in June 2026.
Despite the completed building, the department told the House that the facility presently functions as a primary health centre and does not fulfil the catchment-population criteria for upgradation to a Sub-District Hospital under the Indian Public Health Standards norms, 2022. The reply noted that PHC Kakapora lies about 14 km from AIIMS Awantipora and about 10 km from SDH Pampore, factors that informed the assessment against SDH norms.
On staffing, the reply listed sanctioned medical and para-medical posts for the PHC and acknowledged vacancies. It said vacant posts are being filled through the National Health Mission and other recruitment drives to bolster service delivery and meet patient-care requirements.
Officials told the House there is no current proposal to designate the new building as a Sub-District Hospital or to establish additional temporary migrant camps in the area; the focus, the reply said, is on completing the remaining civil and service-infrastructure works and moving the PHC into the new premises in June 2026.
