Summary:
Uttar Pradesh additional chief secretary (ACS) for health, Amit Mohan Prasad, on Tuesday said that the 400-bed dedicated Covid-19 hospital being constructed in Gautam Budh Nagar’s sector 39 will be made operational by July-end.
The construction is being constructed jointly by the Tata Project Limitedand Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, while Prasad said the state government too was pitching in.
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Noida: Uttar Pradesh additional chief secretary (ACS) for health, Amit Mohan Prasad, on Tuesday said that the 400-bed dedicated Covid-19 hospital being constructed in Gautam Budh Nagar’s sector 39 will be made operational by July-end.
The construction is being constructed jointly by the Tata Project Limitedand Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, while Prasad said the state government too was pitching in.
“It is really encouraging that so far 154 beds with oxygen facilities have been prepared in the general ward.
With 24 beds in intensive care units (ICUs) and seven in emergency ward, besides six ventilators, this hospital will soon be a boon for Covid-positive patients in the district,” Prasad said.
The hospital will care for moderate coronavirus disease cases.
District officials were asked to provide all help to the hospital.
“We have also started the process of identifying well-trained staff and expert doctors for this hospital.