Following the instructions of Health Minister Banna Gupta, the exercise to make Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College Hospital a COVID-19 Hospital has intensified. Though currently the hospital has an isolation ward of 100 beds, but the hospital administration is also set to increase it to 200 beds. With cases of corona patients rising with every passing day steps are being taken to arrange more beds for the patients.
Currently, only positive patients are being treated at TMH. But as the number of patients increase, another arrangement will also have to be made. However, in the new building where the Health Minister has given instructions to install 200 beds, there is no vacant space in it. Steps are being taken to vacate the space.
The MGM authorities have formed a four-member team to better maintain the 100-bed isolation ward. Dr. RY Chaudhary, Dr. P. Sarkar, Dr. Balram Jha, Dr. VK Sinha have been included in this committee.
The new building of MGM would be separated and developed as a COVID Hospital with a new boundary wall so that additional number of patients can be treated.
Meanwhile, Tata Steel has made arrangements for 507 Isolation beds and 77 critical care beds with invasive and non-invasive ventilators is in the process of being set-up at TMH, Jamshedpur.
