1,000-bed makeshift Covid care facility ready at Paror

Our Correspondent

Palampur, May 23

A 1,000-bed Covid care hospital has been created by the district administration at the complex of Radha Soami Satsang, at Paror, 10 km from here. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will inaugurate the Covid care hospital tomorrow through a virtual mode. The hospital will be managed by a team of qualified doctors of the state Health Department.

Speaking to mediapersons here today, a senior officer of the state government said in the first phase, there was a provision to admit 256 patients and later its capacity would be extended to 1,000 beds.

All beds have been connected with piped oxygen supply system, so that immediate medical aid could be provided to Covid patients. This hospital has been constructed in a record time of 20 days, under the supervision of Kangra Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati.

Kangra district is the worst-hit, with over 35,000 active Covid cases, and a high mortality rate.

Palampur SDM Dharmesh Ramotra said all arrangements had been completed for opening the Covid care centre, and from tomorrow, the Health Department would start admitting patients.

“In the past fortnight, many cases have been reported in rural areas of Palampur, Baijnath, Jaisinghpur and Dheera sub-divisions. In the absence of beds at the hospitals, many patients are under home-isolation. Some of them are in a critical condition, therefore the administration has realised that more Covid care centres are needed to meet the emergencies,” said a senior officer of the Health Department.