2 Covid hospitals inaugurated

Tribune News Service

Karnal/Hisar, May 16

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday inaugurated a 500-bed Chaudhary Devi Lal Sanjivani Hospital in Hisar and Guru Teg Bahadur Sanjeevani Hospital in Panipat district for Covid patients.

The hospital in Hisar is adjoining to the plant of Jindal Stainless Ltd and located on the campus of Jindal Modern School. It was constructed by the Haryana State Road and Bridge Development Corporation in record 18 days at a cost of about Rs 28.79 crore.

The hospital will get eight MT of oxygen supply from the Jindal steel plant.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the CM said: “The treatment will be free of cost. The state is constantly working to provide better health facilities to people by making arrangements to contain the pandemic.”

The Hisar hospital will have 30 medical officers, 30 MBBS interns, 43 pharmacists, 16 regular doctors, 27 staff nurses and 48 intern staff nurses.

Later, the CM inaugurated a 500-bed Covid care hospital in Panipat’s Bal Jatan village near the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) refinery.

This hospital is getting oxygen supply from the IOC facility. In all, 300 beds have started functioning, while the remaining 200 beds will be functional in a couple of days.

A sum of Rs 28.88 crore has been incurred on the hospital, the plan of which was finalised on April 26. “In 20 days, the hospital is up and running,” he said, thanking Defence Research and Development Organisation, Health Department, Panipat refinery, PWD and Bal Jatan villagers for making it happen.

Union Minister of Petroleum Dharamendra Pradhan, who was also present on the occasion, said: “The IOC is supplying free of cost 15 MT of oxygen to the hospital through a steel pipeline connected to the Panipat refinery plant.”

The CM announced that the IOC would ensure the free vaccination of all Bal Jatan villagers. He also declared the construction of model residential complexes for labourers at the cost of Rs 100 crore.

Health Minister Anil Vij lauded the efforts of doctors.

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