Uttarakhand govt, Patanjali Yogpeeth start 140-bed Covid hospital in Haridwar
Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Tuesday inaugurated a hospital in Haridwar with a capability of 140 oxygen-supported beds. The hospital additionally has 10 emergency beds and 4 ventilators, and will probably be run collectively by the Patanjali Yogpeeth and the state authorities.
People of Haridwar and adjoining districts will profit from the power, the chief minister stated.
The variety of ventilators is persistently being elevated in the state, he stated.
As a lot as Rs 40 crore has been launched to the DRDO for growing two short-term Covid-19 hospitals — one at IDPL, Rishikesh; and the opposite at Haldwani’s Sushila Tiwari Medical College and Hospital — with a capability of 500 beds every, he stated.
These hospitals will change into operational in the following few days, he added.
An oxygen tank will quickly be put in on the Sushila Tiwari Medical College, he stated, including the Centre has responded positively to the state’s request for establishing an oxygen plant on the Himalayan Institute.
The chief minister additionally launched the Haridwar Covid portal and flagged off a pre-paid ambulance service on the event in the presence of Urban
Development Minister Basidhar Bhagat, state BJP chief Madan Kaushik, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his disciple Acharya Balkrishna.
