PGIMS Rohtak to have 3 oxygen plants

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, June 1

The Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) will have three oxygen generation plants, including a bottling plant, within 45 days. Prof OP Kalra, Vice-Chancellor, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHS), has confirmed this.

The construction has started and it is likely to be completed by July 15. A 100-bed ICU is also under construction.

“There is an apprehension of the third wave of Covid. So, the number of oxygen beds is being increased,” Prof Kalra said, adding the PGIMS would soon have a 100-bed intensive care unit (ICU), 400 oxygen beds and 100 beds for children.

The Vice-Chancellor also said a post-Covid care ward would be established in the Lala Shyam Lal block, and a post-Covid care out-patient department (OPD) “Umang” was also being considered.

On the treatment of black fungus, Prof Kalra said 166 patients had been treated at the PGIMS.

“Two wards have been earmarked for mucormycosis patients, while another ward has been reserved for them in case of emergency,” he added.