Last updated: 01 Oct 2023

In 75 years, None of the District Hospitals in Punjab have ICU bed

Target: 40 Secondary Hospitals' uplift to ultra-modern 21st century facilities and equipment
-- 19 District
-- 6 Subdivision hospitals
-- 15 Community Health Centres (CHCs)

Total Project cost: 550 crores^[1]

02 Oct 2023: 1st District Hospital ready in Patiala with new 66 ICU/NICU beds ^[1:1]

¶ Highlights^[1:2]

Patient facilitation centre: in every Hospital to guide patients and receive feedback

-- The Intensive Care Units (ICUs) will be opened in all the District Hospitals
-- A fully equipped Modular Operation Theater (OT) will be constructed in each of these 40 facilities

• Fully Digital & IT enabled like Mohalla Clinics
• Fully equipped emergency blocks with
  • CT scans
  • MRIs
  • Ventilators
  • Cardiac monitor beds etc
• Required strength of doctors and staff would be ensured Doctors Hiring by Punjab Govt
• Existing buildings to be revamped
• New buildings would be constructed as per needs

¶ Primary Healthcare revolution

• Mohalla Clinics in Punjab

Reference:

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1. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=172069 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎