Union Health Minister to lay foundation stone of 3 Critical Care Blocks, 500-bedded hospital in Uttarakhand

The facilities, for which a foundation stone will be laid, include a 50-bed Critical Care block (CCB) at Rudraprayag under Emergency COVID Response Package (ECRP) – II, 50-bedded CCB at Nainital under ECRP – II and 50-bedded CCB at Srinagar under Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).

To date, seven Critical Care Block (CCMB) from ECRP- II and 2 CCBs from PM- ABHIM have been approved and the foundation stone for these will be laid on Friday.

According to the sources, each CCB will be a 50 bedded facility amounting to Rs 23.75 Crore (capital expenditure) comprising of ICU, HDU and other emergency care for infectious diseases during medical emergencies like Covid and will provide regular services during other times.

“This will augment the capacity of the district for assured treatment and management of the patients with infectious diseases or critical,” said a source.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that ''Digital solutions hold the capacity to revolutionize the healthcare delivery systems. Under the visionary leadership of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, India aims to launch a global initiative on digital health as an institutional framework. This framework aims to converge the global efforts for digital health and scale up digital solutions with the use of cutting-edge technologies. It is time to move from ‘Silos to Systems’ with the collaboration of all countries for enhanced coverage and quality of healthcare services.” This was stated by Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare as he virtually addressed the “Global Conference on Digital Health – Taking Universal Health Coverage to the Last Citizen” a co-branded event under India’s G20 Presidency organized by WHO – South-East Asia Region in collaboration with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.