Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a Covid care hospital inside the Sri Jagannath Medical College and Hospital here on Friday through video conferencing from Bhubaneswar.
It is a 150-bed specialty hospital which is equipped with ultramodern amenities for treatment of Covid infected patients of the district.
In his address the CM said that the Covid patients of the district now can avail treatment in the hospital without moving to Bhubaneswar. “In fact we contained the virus with a greater success. In the second wave, we have somehow been able to contain it largely,” said Patnaik.
Sources said the Covid hospital has 20 beds reserved for ICU, 40 beds for (high dependency unit) HDU patients and rest 90 for the general wards. The hospital would be managed by the SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar.
Among others, Education Minister Samir Dash, Deputy Chairman State Planning Board Sanjay Dasburma, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Tarunikanti Behera and district Collector Samarth Verma were present.