Days after directing the defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) to join the national effort to fight the corona pandemic, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inspected a 255-bed hospital set up by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL)in Lucknow.
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accompanied the defence minister to visit the facility fully equipped to treat Covid-19 patients.
Giving details here, officials said the two leaders visited the HAL Covid Care Hospital set up under the HAL’s Corporate Social Responsibility at the Haj House, Lucknow. They appreciated the facilities and services provided for the Covid patients in a short span of time.
The 255-bed Covid Care Hospital handed over to the state authorities by the HAL is now open to patients. This facility includes 130 beds with oxygen support, 100 with High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) and 25 with ventilators.
The hospital will be managed by the UP Government through Care India, an NGO and charity organization. The technical support is being provided by HAL.
The HAL was instrumental in procurement, installation and commissioning of the infrastructure and will ensure maintenance and servicing of the X-Ray machines, nebulizers, oxy-meters, wheel chair, stretchers, BP monitors, Multi Para Display Monitors for ICU beds, CCTV monitoring system, ECG machine, bio chemistry analyzer, incubator, serum electrolyte analyzer and cell counter.