Dada Colony health centre gets piped oxygen facility

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, July 25

Strengthening the medical infrastructure to deal with the surge in Covid-19 cases efficaciously, Community Health Centre (CHC), Dada Colony, has been now equipped with piped oxygen supply, which would now act as level-2 Covid-care facility.

The work in CHC Dada Colony was completed under the supervision of SDM-1 Dr Jai Inder Singh. It is pertinent to mention that the administration had begun installation work of piped oxygen supply for 100-beds in three urban Community Health Centres (CHCs), including Basti Guzan, Dada Colony and Khambra.

The work of piped oxygen supply has already been finished at Basti Guzan CHC a few days back. Deputy Commissioner said the district administration was committed towards tackling any kind of exigency in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases and three of urban CHCs were upgraded to ensure treatment to the category of level-2 patients.

He said the health infrastructure in these CHCs was being ramped up with the help of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds. The Deputy Commissioner maintained that testing, tracing and treatment was the cornerstone of the fight against the pandemic and the need of the hour is to take care of elderly and high-risk population with co-morbidities that was at high risk of developing severe illness.

He emphasised that people should immediately consult doctor in case of any symptom of Covid as a preventive measure so as to prevent further spread of coronavirus. The Deputy Commissioner said all of us should work in tandem in these tough times to beat the Covid-19 in larger public interests so that the precious lives could be saved.

He said it was the duty of district administration to ensure quality treatment to the Covid-infected persons in Jalandhar by upgrading the health infrastructure with special focus on isolation beds with oxygen, ventilators and ICU. He said the administration was fighting the battle against the Covid-19 effectively and evaluating the situation round the clock.