Our Correspondent / PATNA
COVID-19 Makeshift Hospitals with 500-bed will e established at Patna and Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar. These health facilities will be fortified with modern amenities and infrastructure and are being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization.
PM-CARES Fund Trust will allocate funds for establishment of these hospitals.
The hospitals will help in improving COVID care facilities in the state. The 500-bed hospital at Bihta in Patna will be inaugurated today while preparations are in full swing to open up a similar facility in Muzaffarpur within a short span.
The COVID care hospitals in Patna and Muzaffarpur districts in Bihar have 125 ICU beds along with ventilators. There are additional 375 normal beds for COVID patients not requiring intensive care. Every bed has been provided with the oxygen supply facility. Latest diagnostic tools and modern health infrastructure is also being developed at these centres. The doctors and paramedical staff at these hospitals are provided by the Armed Forces Medical Services.
So far, out of the total three thousand 100 crore rupees received in the registered public trust, PM Cares, in form of voluntary donations, two thousand crore rupees have been spent to purchase 50 thousand ventilators in the country. One thousand crore rupees from the fund have been given to the States and Union Territories to take care of the migrant labourers while 100 crore rupees have been given for the development COVID vaccine.
