Super Specialty Hospital of SAIL-Rourkela Steel Plant made ready for treatment of critically ill COVID patients

New Delhi. Giving a boost to the COVID treatment facilities of this region, the Super Specialty Hospital of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has been formally made ready for the treatment of critically ill patients from 24th April 2021. 

 

It is worth mentioning here that, keeping in view the surge in the COVID positive cases in the region, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Government of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan had instructed to use the SAIL Super Specialty Hospital at Rourkela as a 60-ICU bed COVID treatment facility. The local district authority had also sent a request for utilising the ICU facilities of the Super Specialty Hospital for treatment of Covid patients.

 

Accordingly the infrastructure and other facilities of the hospital were made ready swiftly with the help of the District Administration. The Cardio Emergency and Neuro Emergency facilities have been converted to ICUs, while other equipments and rooms have been aligned accordingly. CT Scan and X Ray facilities have also been made ready. With the availability of the portable X-ray machines patients would not have to be moved from their beds for X-raying. The District Administration has provided the Doctors and other manpower, including Hospital Manager, for running the set up.

 

Dipak Chattaraj, CEO, RSP, Mr. Raj Vir Singh, ED (Hospital Administration), RSP, Ms. Aboli Sunil Naravane, ADM, Rourkela, Dr.B.K.Hota, CMO Incharge, Dr. N.P. Sahoo, CMO, Mr. Swarop Panigrahi, CGM(Hospital Administration) and other senior officers of RSP and District Administration visited the Super Specialty Hospital and took stock of the  COVID care facilities. 

 

It is worth mentioning here that as per the instructions of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, the number of ventilators of the hospital will be augmented to 100 very soon, which will further enhance treatment facilities for the critical patients.

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