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Shivam Hospital offers free treatment for Covid EWS patients

Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, May 23 The management of local Shivam Hospital on Sunday offered five beds for free treatment of Covid level-II patients from economically weaker section(EWS). The hospital management has put these level-II beds at the disposal of the...
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Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, May 23

The management of local Shivam Hospital on Sunday offered five beds for free treatment of Covid level-II patients from economically weaker section(EWS).

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The hospital management has put these level-II beds at the disposal of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. The Covid level-II patients will get the entire treatment free of cost.

Giving details of this welfare initiative, general manager of the hospital, Ashish Atwal, said, “The beds are equipped with ultra-modern equipment and apparatus to provide requisite treatment to Covid patients. The management has also decided to bear all expenses of medicines for the patients admitted on these beds”.

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Appreciating the endeavour of the hospital, Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said the administration had directed the office of Civil Surgeon to recommend the eligible patients from economically weaker sections to the hospital. She said teams of the civil and police administration as well as health department was working round the clock to get all requisite assistance in term of treatment, medicines and food, besides ensuring vaccination at their doorsteps. She said there were 10 government and private hospitals where Covid care was being made with 290 level-II beds and 37 level-III beds. She appealed the people to undergo RT-PCR test immediately if they feel any symptom of Covid not only for their own safety but for others too.

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