Bolster health infra for kids by March, Chandigarh dept told

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29

The UT Health Department has been asked to undertake various public health infrastructural projects, including setting up ICU beds in hospitals and creating a tele-consultation hub for the paediatric population.

The deadline for the completion of these projects under the Emergency Covid Response and Health System Preparedness (ECRP) initiative is March 2022.

The UT has been given Rs5.6 crore for these projects under the ECRP-II. The Centre has approved Rs35 lakh for setting up an RT-PCR laboratory at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, and Rs45 lakh for the procurement of essential drugs to deal with Covid-19 cases.

UT task cut out

Setting up RT-PCR lab at GMSH-16

32-bed dedicated paediatric unit to come up at GMSH-16

PGI to have paediatric centre of excellence

Medical gas pipeline system to be set up at GMSH

Tele-consultation hub at PGI, GMSH for paediatric patients

About one lakh RT-PCR kits and 50,000 rapid antigen test kits have been purchased by the UT for conducting tests till March 2022.

A 32-bed exclusive paediatric unit will come up at the GMSH, for which Rs2.25 crore has been approved by the Centre. It will have 20 oxygen supported beds and a 12-bed hybrid ICU unit.

Additionally, an amount of Rs12.32 lakh has been approved for 14 ICU beds at the GMSH with the rider that 20 per cent of the beds will be for paediatric patients. The Centre has sanctioned Rs50 lakh for medical gas pipeline system at the GMSH.

There is also a provision for 20-bed units at the civil hospitals in Sector 22 and Mani Majra.

For strengthening the tele-consultation hub, a sum of Rs45 lakh has been approved.

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