Member Lok Sabha from Sri Anandpur Sahib and former UnionMinister Manish Tewari has written a letter to the Union Government in view ofthe recurring Corona epidemic cases under the Defense Research and DevelopmentOrganization (DRDO) under PM Care Fund.
He appealed for setting up of a fieldhospital in his constituency. In addition, he demanded oxygen plants for civilhospitals in Ropar and Nawanshahr.
MP Tewari in his letter addressed to Defense MinisterRajnath Singh and Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan Singh has mentioned theneed of a field hospital in his constituency as it caters most of the rural villages.
Further hesaid that his Lok Sabha constituency falls in four districts of Sahibzada AjitSingh Nagar, Rupnagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Hoshiarpur, which comprises 1800villages, small towns and cities.
MP Tewari said he had learned that DRDO was setting upfield hospitals in different parts of the country under the PM Care Fund todeal with the acute epidemic of corona and hospitals with a range of 250 to1000 beds are being built.
He emphasized that the Corona crisis was now spreading tothe rural areas of the country, which was difficult to predict.
The Punjab Government and the district administrationwould be more than happy to provide the required space for this hospital.
Besides, the Member Lok Sabha in a letter to the UnionHealth Minister has also requested for setting up of one oxygen plant each inthe civil hospitals of Ropar and Nawanshahr.