Private ambulance plan implementation in question
In a meeting with officials a decision was taken that 30 ambulances could be parked on a dedicated area of NBMCH campus at any point of time.
In a meeting with officials a decision was taken that 30 ambulances could be parked on a dedicated area of NBMCH campus at any point of time.
The North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) will use 'Nishchay Yan,' a free ambulance service for expectant women and sick infants, to ferry deceased patients.
There had been allegations against the NBMCH of delay in handing over the facility to the ICMR-NICED after completion of the necessary formalities.
NBMCH authorities have said they are planning to seek intervention from administration to fix a uniform fare chart for private ambulances.
The director of medical education, department of health and family welfare, Prof Debasis Bhattacharya, reviewed its status today.
The health department said that in view of the rising Covid cases, the health department wanted to reinstate its infrastructure for Covid-19 treatment.
“The survey is going on for the past two days. Around 100 houses have been covered, with one fever case detected,” the sources said.
There will be 10 beds in the NICU, 16 in the SNCU and 21 in the PICU.
On the other hand, engineers of the PWD electrical division said they examined the electrical circuit, loose connection, power distribution boards, sub stations, and functioning of air conditioned machines at the NBMCH.
Officials at the NBMCH said two plants with the capacity of 1000 litres/minute each will be set up here.
