Jalandhar's Chanpreet Memorial Charitable Hospital with all its might is helping +ve patients
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 19
At a time when Covid has been at its peak, the role of former Senior Deputy Mayor Kamaljit Bhatia in providing relief to the poor patients has been lauded in the city by one and all.
Bhatia, who had already been running a hospital in the name of his deceased son Chanpreet Memorial Charitable Hospital at the gurdwara premises of Basti Guzan for past nine years, said he had now got allocated 10 beds for the poor Covid patients who are provided everything, including Covid testing, treatment, medicines, meals, etc free of cost. The facility started last week and has already got nine patients.
A philanthropist, he aimed at developing an all-new concept for treating patients, “We do not allow any person from well-off families to take treatment here as there are a number of private hospitals around. We admit only the needy patients in the Level-I facility available with us. Any patient who comes to us only has to bring own clothes for change, we provide him everything else from our end. The moment he is admitted with us, he gets a kit of his daily use items which includes two sets of towels, comb, toothbrush, all toiletries, sanitiser, mask, etc. He gets all meals free through an NGO which has tied up with us. We are also providing the patients with fresh fruits, coconut water, channas (roasted gram), tea, kadha twice a day.”
Bhatia said, “We also have provision of oxygen cylinders with us. Khalsa Aid has provided us with two concentrators. We are even providing physiotherapy, yoga and meditation training to the patients, besides giving them TV connection on which they can play bhajans and attend spiritual discourses. Various other NGOs are also helping us in managing everything. We are paying Rs1.6 lakh salary to four doctors including an MD specialist with us. We also have a group of 25 young volunteers with us, who are on two-hour duty in the Covid centre daily donning PPE kits, masks and following all protocols.”
An Akali leader, he added, “We have six patients taking treatment under home isolationand have provided oxygen facility at home. We are even providing them meals at home on demand.” It is a 24×7 facility. “I come here at 6.30 am and leave at 10 pm personally monitoring all the arrangements. I have left all political activities to devote all my attention for a better cause.”
