Information and Public Relations Department, Chandigarh, Punjab,December 29: Punjab Medical Education and Research Department has carried outmarvelous work to create infrastructure in the fight with Covid-19. The threeGovernment Medical Colleges at Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot took a lead inearly preparation by providing an adequate number of 3711 beds including 1494isolation beds and 374 ICU+ DHU beds, with scope for further enhancement. Morethan 10,000 Covid-19 infected patients have been admitted in isolation wardsand more than 8500 have recovered and have been discharged.
Disclosing this here today, Medical Education and ResearchMinister Mr. Om Parkash Soni said that the dedicated labour rooms &isolation words for Covid-19 positive patients were established in the three Govt.Medical Colleges. The Department conducted the largest survey of about 250private hospitals, on 76 parameter scale, to identify the facilities availableto manage COVID-19 situation and to allocate additional resources to them ifrequired. 1822 posts of Super Specialist and specialist doctors, nurses andother paramedics were sanctioned by the state government specifically formanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. An expert group regularly meets to monitorthe adequacy of tertiary care in the state. Seven labs with capacity of 26500tests per day were established in the state for RT-PCR testing to rapid uptesting. Total 27,34,826 tests have been done so far.
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Mr. Soni said three Plasma Banks have been established atGMCS Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot. 158 units of plasma collected throughoutPunjab with the help of GMCSs. Plasma was provided free of cost by privatehospitals and OPDs remained functional throughout the Pandemic. All operativeprocedures were being carried out following Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs). The Cabinet Minister said that the Super Specialty Block at Govt.Medical College, Patiala has been awarded "Three Star' provisional V3.1rating by Green Rating Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) under New &Renewable Energy Ministry of Government of India