Ludhiana: District hospital gets MGPS for non-stop oxygen supply

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 30

To ensure uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen and other gases required for patients, the medical gas pipeline system (MGPS) has been installed at the district hospital here, the government has confirmed.

The work on the project is on in full swing and will be completed by October 15, officials have said here on Thursday.

According to the augmentation and additional infrastructure report, a copy of which is with The Tribune, Ludhiana was among 11 districts, which have been provided the MGPS under the Emergency Covid Response Package (ECRP-II) approved and funded by the Centre.

Among others, hospitals at Jalandhar, Pathankot, Fazilka, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar, Sangrur, Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib, Badal in Muktsar, and Khadoor Sahib in Tarn Taran district have also been provided the MGPS, which will be made operational by October 15.

Under the infrastructure development works, additional beds were being established at 130 subdivisional hospitals (SDHs) and community health centres (CHCs), which will get 20-bed unit each, and 152 primary health centres (PHCs), which were sanctioned 6-bed unit each, from the ECRP-II funding.

Ludhiana’s 17 SDHs and CHCs, and 12 PHCs have been covered under the scheme.

Among other districts, Amritsar’s seven PHCs and five SDHs and CHCs, Barnala’s three PHCs and five SDHs and CHCs, Bathinda’s six PHCs and four SDHs and CHCs, Faridkot’s two PHCs and four SDHs and CHCs, Fatehgarh Sahib’s three PHCs and three SDHs and CHCs, Fazilka’s four PHCs and two SDHs and CHCs, Ferozepur’s four PHCs and two SDHs and CHCs, Gurdaspur’s 12 PHCs and two SDHs and CHCs, Hoshiarpur’s 12 PHCs and 15 SDHs and CHCs, Jalandhar’s 12 PHCs and five SDHs and CHCs, Kapurthala’s four PHCs and four SDHs and CHCs, Mansa’s five PHCs and six SDHs and CHCs, Moga’s five PHCs and three SDHs and CHCs, Patiala’s nine PHCs and eight SDHs and CHCs, Pathankot’s five PHCs and four SDHs and CHCs, Ropar’s seven PHCs and six SDHs and CHCs, Sangrur’s 10 PHCs and six SDHs and CHCs, Mohali’s six PHCs and three SDHs and CHCs, Nawanshahr’s eight PHCs and five SDHs and CHCs, Muktsar’s six PHCs and eight SDHs and CHCs, and Tarn Taran’s 10 PHCs and 13 SDHs and CHCs.

With this, 152 PHCs and 130 SDHs and CHCs across 22 districts in the state will get 20-bed and 6-bed units, each.

Ludhiana among 11 dists to get the system

According to the augmentation and additional infrastructure report, Ludhiana is among 11 districts which have been provided the medical gas pipeline system under the Emergency Covid Response Package (ECRP-II) approved and funded by the Centre.