As a representative of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the State minister of Higher Education, Dhan Singh Rawat inaugurated the Intensive Care Unit built at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore in the district hospital with the assistance of Hans Foundation in Pauri on Monday.
Pauri MLA Mukesh Koli, District Magistrate Dhiraaj Garbyal, Health director general Dr RK Pandey and Hans Foundation director Vijay Jamwal were also present on the occasion. After inaugurating the facility, the minister and the local MLA inspected the medical equipment installed in the ICU. The State Minister Dhan Singh Rawat thanked the Hans Foundation for setting up an ICU first in Pithoragarh and now about two and a half months later in Pauri on the request of the Chief Minister. Rawat said that now the patients will get the facility of ICU in Pauri itself and will not have to travel to other cities for this facility. He further said that the Chief Minister has done lots of work in the field of health and has appointed 2,100 doctors to fill most of the 2,800 vacant posts of doctors in Uttarakhand. He said that so far 59,000 patients have derived the benefit of Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana in State.
Director general of Health, Dr Pandey informed that various types of specialist doctors and surgeon are posted here while a few doctors are being sent for specific training. The Hans Foundation additional director Dr GB Rao said that the foundation will run ICU with the cooperation of StateGovernment. The Pauri senior superintendent of police Dilip Singh Kunwar, additional district magistrate SK Baranwal, chief medical superintendent Dr RS Rana, office bearersof Hans Foundation and others were also present on the occasion.