Amid rising number of Covid-19 cases, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Tuesday inaugurated three new Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Dada Colony, Basti Guzan, and Khurla Kingra, established at a cost of Rs 16 crore. A total of 80-beds in these CHCs consisting 30 beds each in Dada Colony and Basti Guzan, and 20 in Khurla Kingra, has been equipped with piped oxygen supply.
“The government is committed to tackle the surge in COVID cases and opening of these new CHCs have taken COVID bed capacity for Level-II patients to 364 in government health sector of which 284 beds are being utilized in Civil Hospital,” said Sidhu, who was accompanied by Jalandhar MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh, MLAs Pargat Singh, Sushil Kumar Rinku, Rajinder Beri, Avtar Singh Junior Bawa Henry, Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia, among others.
The Minister said that these centres would prove to be instrumental for dealing with spurt in COVID cases efficaciously with ultramodern facilities and equipments to treat level-II patients.
“Oxygen supply has been installed on all 80 beds as it is the primary requirement in the treatment of COVID patients and these will play a pivotal role in the fight against the oandemic,” he added.
Appealing to the people not to take flu-like symptoms lightly and immediately contact nearby health facility besides get tested for COVID without fail so that the spread of the contagion can be halted. “People are reporting late to the doctors hence their condition further deteriorates.
There is no dearth of resources and manpower with the State Government to tackle this pandemic,” he said adding that the major focus was only on saving the precious lives of people from this pandemic for which all of us have to join hands.
Giving a warning to rumour-mongers of serious repercussions, Sidhu said that some unscrupulous elements were behind the spread of unfounded and baseless information of
He said that police have been given directions to take action against such anti-social elements.