Maharashtra: Rs 2.5 crore sanctioned for 500-bedded special hospital in Yavatmal

YAVATMAL: District guardian minister Sanjay Rathod has sanctioned Rs 2.5 crore for setting up a 500-bedded special hospital for Covid-19 patients and a well-equipped viral research diagnostic laboratory (VRDL) on the government medical college premises in Yavatmal.
Rathod told TOI that the results of swab samples sent from the district to Nagpur are delayed, causing problem for patients and district administration.“To avoid this delay, a well-equipped lab is needed in Yavatmal. District collector MD Singh too emphasized on this. I have given green signal for both the proposals today,” he said.
The guardian minister said that the newly-constructed hostels for boys and girls will be utilized for setting up the 500-bedded hospital.
Rs one core will granted for the hospital and remaining for setting up the laboratory. “The swab samples will be tested here itself and the report can be generated within 2-4 hours,” he said and added that the hospital will be ready in a fortnight and the lab will be made operational on top priority.
The sanction was given from Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana Nidhi (Mines area development welfare scheme fund). This fund is the royalty on minerals found in the district. “Rs 2.5 crore have been sanctioned from the Rs70 crore balance in the fund,” he said.