The Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda, has partnered with the district administration in setting up and management of a 150- bedded COVID-19 hospital here.
The hospital will have all necessary equipment, gears, medicines and infrastructure to handle the highly infectious disease.
The Vedanta will provide ventilators, other medical equipment, medicines, reagents, housekeeping staff, security personnel, medical personnel and other manpower for management of the hospital. The company has procured surgical caps (6,000), goggles (6,000), N95 mask (3,000), triple-layer mask (3,000), surgical gown (2,000), apron (2,000), Corona Kit (3,000), oxygen concentrator (2), optimo-compressor nebulizer (5), piston-compressor nebulizer (5), ventilators (6), sufficient quantities of alcohol-based sanitizers and medicines like Paracetamol and Azithral, and 150 beds, mattresses and pillows for the operation of the hospital.