In view of the deteriorating conditions of COVID-19 pandemic, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has started a special COVID-19 hospital at its Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) Steel Plant complex, which will have 40 oxygen and 40 normal beds.
The hospital was inaugurated by District Magistrate of the Raigarh Bhim Singh.
SP Santosh Kumar Singh, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ashutosh Pandey, CMHO Dr S N Kesari, COO (Chhattisgarh) of JSPL Dinesh Kumar Saraogi and CHRO Pankaj Lochan were present on the occasion.
While addressing the inaugural programme, District Magistrate Bhim Singh appreciated Fortis-OP Jindal Hospital for the best care of patients with the state of art equipment facilities. The COVID Hospital has been developed at the New Engineering Hostel, Tower-7 with almost all the essential and critical facilities including 40 oxygen beds.
Bhim Singh said, “With the warning of the third wave, we are preparing best to face the challenges. The COVID Hospital at JSPL will be an advantage to safeguard the lives of the people.”
Raigarh district is continuously developing infrastructure to fight against corona. There were only 25 oxygen beds at Raigarh Medical college last year, but now it has 250 Oxygen beds, he added.
Singh said, “We have a plan to add 100 more beds. There are 350 oxygen beds at KIT therefore a total of 900 oxygen and 150 ICU beds are available in the district now. Very soon we shall have 50 new ventilators in our hospitals.”
He thanked JSPL and Chairman Naveen Jindal for the smooth supply of Oxygen to the district hospitals.
Singh also appreciated the efforts of JSPL in sending oxygen tankers all over the nation to save lives. There were words of appreciation for JSPL by other officers also on COVID treatment facilities, distribution of ration to poor families and much more other community works.
D K Saraogi expressed commitment on behalf of the JSPL to support the efforts by the District Administration to contain COVID-19. He said that Naveen Jindal, the Chairman of the Company believes in the ‘theory of nation first’ so JSPL is working overtime to reach every hospital with oxygen nationwide to save lives.
