50-bed Covid care centre set up at Karamsar hospital

Mahesh Sharma

Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 11

To strengthen healthcare facilities in rural areas witnessing a spurt in Covid-19 cases, the district administration has roped in the management committee of the historic Rara Sahib gurdwara for setting up a 50-bed Covid care centre at Sant Isher Memorial Hospital, Karamsar, near here.

The facility will become operational from Friday.

A team of senior functionaries of the district, led by Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma, today visited Karamsar to oversee the preparations at Sant Isher Singh Memorial Hospital. Ludhiana Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Gill, ADC(D) Sandeep Kumar, SDM Payal Mankanwal Singh Chahal and zila parishad member Gurdev Singh Lapran accompanied the Deputy Commissioner during the visit.

Deputy Commissioner Sharma said he was satisfied with the facilities available at the hospital and added that the Covid Care Centre was equipped with modern gadgets and oxygen supplies for both Level-I and Level-II corona patients.

This would ease the burden on multi-speciality hospitals at Ludhiana for Level-III patients, he said.

The Deputy Commissioner added that the facility of collecting samples for corona tests would be available for residents from Wednesday.

“Timely detection of the virus will help in preventing deterioration of positive cases to Level-II and Level-III, and help save many lives. Vaccination camp will also be launched in the facility soon,” said the DC.

The Deputy Commissioner said the district administration was geared up to combat the rising cases and physical infrastructure for Covid patients was being upgraded on modern lines to ensure that patients did not face any problems during their treatment in the Covid Care Centres.