Pune cantt board gets Rs2.26 cr for setting up Covid-19 ICU facility

PUNE: The Pune district administration has given Rs 2.26 crore to the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) to set up 10 bed capacity Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to treat Covid - 19 patients.
The board will create the facility at its Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cantonment General Hospital.
"We have got the amount from the administration and will complete the procurement procedure, which has made simpler to speed up the process in the current circumstances, in the next two weeks," chief executive officer Amit Kumar of PCB told TOI.
The board has already constructed a new hospital building in the hospital premises.
"Our aim is to have 10 ventilators, the equal beds and necessary equipment at the ward so that we will be able to provide required health care to the patients in the future," added Kumar.
The hospital has already expanded its isolation ward's bed capacity from 30 to 50.
"This facility will also be availed as and when the need arises. It has examined and inspected by the authorities concerned, including the cantonment's president Brigadier Kuljeet Singh recently. It can meet all requirements which are necessary for patients, " added Kumar.
The cantonment MLA Sunil Kamble too has given Rs 50 lakh from his fund.
"We have got the letter from the MLA recently and we have taken up with the authorities concerned to release or get the fund or grant in the coming days. Once we get the money, our plan is to utilise it for the hospital's equipment procurement," said Kumar.
Meanwhile, a senior official from the district administration told TOI, "Considering the rising cases of the virus in the city in the last few days, we have decided to create adequate infrastructure to house or admit patients at multiple hospitals. We are working in tandem with all doctors of the cantonment as well as armed forces medical services to deal with the daily cases."