A seven-bed ICU facility is set to become functional at the Sadar Hospital at Khaasmahal in the eastern fringe Parsudih locality of the steel city.

The construction of the unit is almost comple and necessary medical equipment has been installed. The facility will start functioning after Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurates it.

District civil surgeon, A.K. Lal said that the facility is meant for the treatment of general patients, but if can also be extended for the treatment of Covid patients.

"The ICU facility has been set up at the Sadar Hospital keeping in view of the critical patients hailing from the eastern fringe of the city. But witht the prevailing situation we may provide the facility for the Covid patients, "said the civil surgeon while talking to The Telegraph Online.

Lal informed that besides the ICU facility, they are also setting up a dialysis unit at the Sadar Hospital. He pointed out that the construction work is likely to be completed by the end of June.

The 100-bed Sadar Hospital caters to patients including accident victims from the densely-populated Parsudih, Sundarnagar, Bagbera and Govindpur. People having medical emergency from far off Hata and Haldipokhar areas of the district also get admitted here. But due to absence of the ICU facility, critical patients are referred to either Tata Main Hospital or MGM Medical College Hospital located about seven km away in the city.

At present, the Sadar Hospital has been converted into a Covid hospital and a large number of patients coming from the eastern fringes of the city are being treated during the pandemic.