GMCH At Miraj Gets ICUs for Pediatric COVID-19 Patients
Kolhapur: The Government Medical College and Hospital at Miraj is now equipped with an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for pediatric COVID-19 patients.
It is the first of its kind dedicated ICU ward for pediatric patients, in the region and the administration of other districts have also proposed such projects for at government hospitals and sub-district hospitals.
According to Sangli collector Abhijeet Chaudhary, who visited the hospital and inspected the ICU ward, close to Rs. 2 crore have been spent on the set up of dedicated ward.
"As per medical experts, children may be affected in large numbers in the third wave of Covid-19. We are planning to let the count among children remain as low as possible. However, in case of emergency and criticality, we needed such dedicated ICUs. We will expand the ward in case of necessity. We have separate oxygen generator plants of 120-cylinder refilling capacity set up for the dedicated pediatric Covid ICU ward, for which additional Rs 60 lakh has been spent," he further added, in conversation with Times of India.
Two plants to generate oxygen have also been set up and another one is underway. The hospital, which was a dedicated COVID-19 hospital, has become more self-sufficient, due to these endeavours.
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