NRI donates ventilators to Civil Hospital

Hoshiarpur, May 20

Dubai-based chief trustee of the Sarbat da Bhala Charitable Trust Dr SP Singh Oberoi, handed over two ventilators worth Rs 12 lakh to the Hoshiarpur Civil Hospital on behalf of the Trust. Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait thanked Dr Oberoi and the trust for this noble cause. She said due to the installation of these ventilators, the Civil Hospital would be able to provide better health facilities to the patients.

Dr Oberoi said while the Union and state governments were doing their work during the Corona pandemic, it was the duty of social service organisations also to contribute to the service of the people. He said 20,000 PPE kits, 20,000 N 95 masks, sanitisers and around 10 lakh three layer masks were provided to government medical colleges and civil hospitals by the trust.

He assured the district administration and Health Department that the trust was ready to provide any medical equipment in future. Civil Surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh said by installing ventilators at the hospital, the patients who earlier had to be referred to speciality hospitals would now be provided treatment here. He said the staff had already been trained to operate the ventilators. — OC