110-bed COVID-19 hospital becomes operational in Kendrapara

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Apr 14, 2020 at 10:18 PM Updated On : Apr 15, 2020 at 8:06 AM

Kendrapara: In the fight against deadly COVID-19, the Odisha government today made another standalone COVID hospital operational in the State. In association with the IMS and SUM Hospital, the State government today set up a 110-bed COVID-19 hospital in Kendrapara district.

The new hospital came up at the Government Polytechnic at Chhata. It has 100 beds and 10 ICU beds. This apart, life-saving device and ventilators have been provided to the hospital.

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While the State government funded the hospital, the SUM Hospital engaged its doctors, nurses and paramedical staff at the new COVID-19 hospital.

The SUM Hospital earlier set up a 525-bed COVID-19 hospital in Bhubaneswar.

Sources said the State government will make another COVID-19 hospital operational in Angul in association with SUM Hospital soon.

So far the government has established 21 dedicated COVID Hospitals in 19 districts.