A delegation of Congress leaders led by district president Brajendra Prasad Singh termed the Sadar Hospital’s Covid treatment facility as up to standard after an inspection on Saturday.
The 40 oxygen supported beds have interrupted supply through a pipeline and the 60 ICU beds are equipped with the required number of ventilators and necessary equipment.
At present, Covid treatment facilities are available at 30 hospitals of the district including 21 private and nine government owned. The district administration is working to launch a Covid ICU as PG block of Sahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital within 20 days.
“We came to know during the inspection that all the 100 beds of the Covid treatment facility of the hospital are occupied by patients and there is no shortage of oxygen at all in the hospital,” said Brajendra Prasad Singh.
“It is quite a commendable achievement for the district administration which has developed the 100 bed Covid treatment facility at Sadar hospital in the district in less than 10 days,” said Singh and added rumours are being spread about the lack of oxygen in the district in order to malign the image of the state government but the fact remains quite contrary.
“We however demand the local administration and state government to increase the beds in the hospitals in view of possible increase in the number of cases in the district,” elaborated Singh and added that at present there is neither shortage of ICU beds or oxygen supported beds.
Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Uma Shankar Singh during a media conference held on Friday evening assured people that there is sufficient oxygen supply in all the Covid treatment facilities and 50 more beds will be added to the existing 271 ICU beds within 10 days.
The deputy commissioner said, two oxygen plants are being established at Sadar Hospital of Dhanbad and Sahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (SNMMCH) with the help of Sindri based Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited and the cumulative capacity of both the plants will be 36 thousand litres per day, which will be ready within 20-25 days.
The Covid treatment facility at Sadar Hospital in Dhanbad on Saturday. Gautam Dey
