Fulfilling its commitment to set up jumbo Covid care facilities, equipped with gaseous oxygen, SAIL’s second Covid Care Hospital with 200 beds has been set up at Durgapur Steel Plant. The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, dedicated this 200-bed Covid Care Hospital to the in an online programme. Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel, SS Ahluwalia, Member of Parliament from Durgapur, MLAs of the region and Soma Mondal, Chairman, SAIL and other senior officials from Steel Ministry and SAIL also joined the online inauguration.
Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan applauded the commitment of SAIL on acting very swiftly and setting up the second covid care unit within a short span of time. He said that the centre will give a boost to Covid-related medical infrastructure in the region and provide much-needed help to the patients of the region. “SAIL’s both the steel plants in West Bengal at Durgapur and Burnpur have been standing strong to provide every possible help in fighting the pandemic. Recently, a 200-bedded Covid care facility at Burnpur was dedicated to the service of the nation. This was the first in the series,” he added.
Pradhan said that Durgapur’s facility is also in line with the Prime Minister’s call for Jahan Bimaar, Wahin Upchaar and his philosophy of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas. Enumerating the Prime Minister’s vision of taking everyone along, he stressed upon vaccinating more and more people associated with the steel ecosystem including contract labourers.
The Covid care hospital has been set up in a two-storied building with ladders on both sides including a ramp for carrying critical patients and it is equipped with valve-controlled gaseous oxygen from a nearby oxygen plant. Another highlight of this hospital is its proximity to GT Road highway near CHRD, DSP, which will facilitate ease of access for the patients. There is backup oxygen available near the unit with the provision of alternate oxygen cylinders in case of accidental interruption in the supply of pipeline oxygen.