From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, May 11: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited HAL Covid Care Hospital set up under HAL’s Corporate Social Responsibility at the Haj House in Lucknow on Tuesday.

The Union Minister and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister appreciated the facilities and services provided for the Covid patients in a short span of time in HAL’s Covid Care Hospital.

The 255 bed Covid Care Hospital handed over to the State authorities by HAL is now open to patients. This facility includes 130 beds with oxygen support, 100 with High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) and 25 with ventilators.

The hospital will be managed by the Uttar Pradesh Government through Care India, an NGO and charity organization. The technical support is being provided by HAL.

HAL was instrumental in procurement, installation and commissioning of the infrastructure and will ensure maintenance and servicing of the X-Ray machines, nebulizers, oxy-meters, wheel chair, stretchers, BP monitors, Multi Para Display Monitors for ICU beds, CCTV monitoring system, ECG machine, bio chemistry analyzer, incubator, serum electrolyte analyzer, cell counter etc., in the new facility.

The Uttar Pradesh Government will involve itself in hospital operations and management through Care India with focus on medicine availability, hospital consumables, logistic and management of oxygen refilling.

Earlier, a MoU in this connection was signed between Sanjay Kumar Garg, General Manager, HAL, Lucknow and Sanjay Bhatnagar, Chief Medical Officer, Lucknow in the presence of District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash. Rakesh Mishra, Chief of Projects (CoP), HAL and other senior officials from HAL Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh Government were also present.