Nabarangpur: Nabarangpur district administration Saturday signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NALCO and Christian Hospital to set up an exclusive COVID-19 hospital in the district to treat coronavirus patients.
The dedicated hospital will have 200 beds, 24-hour diagnostics, pharmacies, kitchens and other amenities. Doctors, nurses and other staff will be deployed to provide 24-hour patient care. Besides, it will have a healthcare centre and isolation facility to treat patients in the region, an official notification said.
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Deputy chairman of State Planning Board Sanjay Das Burma, while thanking Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the hospital said that this COVID Hospital would be extremely beneficial to the tribal-dominated Nabarangpur district and will go a long way in decisively combating and defeating coronavirus in the region.
It may be mentioned here that the state government is taking a series of measures to combat COVID-19 in the state. Setting up exclusive COVID hospitals is a big part of the plan.
PNN