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Union cabinet minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat proposes 500-bed temporary hospital in Jodhpur | Jodhpur News
JODHPUR: Union cabinet minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has proposed to set up a 500-bed temporary hospital in Jodhpur. The hospital is proposed to be set up at MBM Engineering College of the city, for which the minister will be roping in his own team.
A day after granting an aid of Rs 50 lakh from MP-Lad funds to deal with the ongoing crisis, Shekhawat has come up with this new proposal in view of the dire shortage of beds in the city.
“I had a talk with the district magistrate on Saturday for this temporary hospital for Covid patients,” he said adding that his team would be working on it very soon.
“Our objective is to start with 100 beds which will be set up in 3-4 days and then add 100 beds per day upto 500 beds,” said Shekhawat.
He said that this was the crisis time and it was not possible for the administration to arrange all the facilities in short time given the resource limitations.
“So we have decided to achieve this task with public support and help of our workers and teams,” he said.
He has, however, asked the district administration and medical officers to arrange a senior doctor and some senior and junior resident doctors for 24-hour monitoring besides medicines and oxygen once the beds are set up.
A day after granting an aid of Rs 50 lakh from MP-Lad funds to deal with the ongoing crisis, Shekhawat has come up with this new proposal in view of the dire shortage of beds in the city.
“I had a talk with the district magistrate on Saturday for this temporary hospital for Covid patients,” he said adding that his team would be working on it very soon.
“Our objective is to start with 100 beds which will be set up in 3-4 days and then add 100 beds per day upto 500 beds,” said Shekhawat.
He said that this was the crisis time and it was not possible for the administration to arrange all the facilities in short time given the resource limitations.
“So we have decided to achieve this task with public support and help of our workers and teams,” he said.
He has, however, asked the district administration and medical officers to arrange a senior doctor and some senior and junior resident doctors for 24-hour monitoring besides medicines and oxygen once the beds are set up.
