The thirty bed Intensive Care Unit(ICU) that also includes 10ventilators was inaugurated at PMCH Cathlab premises by deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh amidst presence of doctors and stakeholders .
The ACC Sindri plant has a dedicated medical gas pipeline for the unit that would be reached out to each of the 30 beds including the ventilators.
The facility would help critical Covid patients required to be treated in ICU or need to be put on ventilators is required,said deputy commissioner.
He informed that the plasma therapy centre at PMCH would start operation within a week's time .
He said the doctors would be treating patients adopting lines of treatment and clinical management protocols issued by the ICMR. Doctors and paramedical staff also have been posted for this unit.
Dr UK Ojha and Dr K Biswash have been appointed as In- charges of the ICU. The unit also would have a separate ambulance attached with it .
Plant head of ACC Sindri MK Sharma and others were present during the inauguration.