Karam PrakashTribune News ServicePatiala August 17In the face of the third Covid-19 wave the Health Department along with the district administration has decided to set up a 100-bed Covid care centre at the district hospital Government Mata Kaushalya HospitalIt is for the first time that Covid patients will be admitted to the district hospital since the pandemic broke out last yearThe hospital a tertiary care institute with a capacity of around 600 Covid-dedicated beds was brimming with patients during the peak of the second waveMeanwhile it was learnt that an oxygen-generation plant set up at the hospital at a cost of Rs10 crore for providing an uninterrupted supply of oxygen is yet to be made fully operationalHospital officials said owing to the paucity of funds some minor work related to the oxygen pipe was left unfinished
Karam PrakashTribune News ServicePatiala August 17It has come to the fore that golden hours of serious Covid patients were compromised in Nabha block of the district during the second Covid wave for want of ambulance driversGolden hours curtailed It was learnt that there was not a single ambulance driver in Nabha blockA serious patient had to wait for over an hour for an ambulance to shift him to a major hospitalIt was learnt that there was not a single ambulance driver in Nabha blockWe had already informed senior health officialsShe added they somehow managed with the help of local NGOs
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