Mobile Covid care unit set up to serve remote villages of Mohali

Chandigarh, May 31

The Punjab Government has set up a mobile Covid care unit (MCCU) in partnership with a private hotel chain to serve the remote villages of Mohali, said Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu while flagging off the service in the district today.

Sidhu said the MCCU would be equipped with 20 beds, 10 oxygen concentrators, on-site medical and nursing staff and medical supplies. The SAS Nagar administration will be the first to run the unit in the state. After the success of the pilot project, a few more would be pressed into service, he said.

Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said the district administration had arranged medical and nursing staff along with supplies and consumables, while Treebo Hotels had set up a mobile base camp with oxygen concentrators. The camp would offer free service, including medication, to rural residents.

“The unit aims at ensuring free quality care for the vulnerable sections. As part of our corporate responsibility, it is our duty to stand by our fellow citizens in these difficult times,” said Puneet Puri, vice president (business development), of the company. — TNS