Chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday inaugurated a 250-bed Covid hospital at the newly-constructed engineering college building in Koderma’s Bagitand. The hospital will have 110 oxygen-supported beds and six ventilators-supported beds, deputy commissioner Ramesh Gholap said after the virtual inauguration. Soren also inaugurated 20 oxygen pipeline-supported beds at the sadar hospital in the district.
Gholap said, “The dedicated Covid hospital will cater to patients with utmost care under the guidance of a dedicated team of doctors. Labour room and OT facilities have been started and 24 rooms have been identified to house medical staff and doctors who will remain in the hospital as per the roster.”
He added four ambulances will be deployed at the hospital round-the-clock. “A help desk has been formed to cater to the needs of the people and a nodal officer has also been appointed for the hospital to ensure no patient is deprived of bed and oxygen.” The district currently has 160 oxygen-supported beds. Gholap said the district has 202 jumbo oxygen cylinders and 175 small cylinders.
Meanwhile, in Ramgarh district, the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has begun work to set up an air trapping greenhouse oxygen plant in the premise of the Central Hospital of CCL in Ramgarh town, which is functioning as a special Covid hospital in the district. The hospital is also a part of the Ranchi Covid Circuit, launched over a week back to facilitate patients in nearby districts of Ranchi in case of non-availability of beds.
Ramgarh deputy commissioner Sandeep Singh said, “Once ready, the plant will provide oxygen to 100 beds through a pipeline.”
“Currently, oxygen to beds is supplied through a pipeline from jumbo cylinders but after the installation of the air trapping plant, there will be no need of cylinders,” said Dr N Pandit, chief medical officer (administration) of the CCL hospital.
The plant will be spread over nearly 3,000 sq feet area and will collect oxygen from the environment with the help of modern air trapping machines. “It will be operational within a month,” said an official.
