Odisha: Nabarangpur to set up five hospitals close to Chhattisgarh

KORAPUT: With a spike in Covid cases, the Nabarangpur district administration has decided to open five dedicated Covid health centres (DCHC), which would become operational by Wednesday. Currently, a 184-bed DCHC is functioning at the district headquarters town of Nabarangpur, official sources said.
“Most of the cases are being reported from blocks that share the boundary with bordering Chhattisgarh and critical patients are facing problems in reaching Nabarangpur town, which lies over 120 km from the border areas.Hence, it has been decided to open dedicated Covid health centres in the bordering blocks,” said collector (Nabarangpur) Ajit Kumar Mishra.
According to the collector, the new DCHCs will come up at Chandahandi, Raighar, Umerkote, Kosagumuda blocks and Nabarangpur town. All 100 beds of the new five centres will be equipped with oxygen and critical patients will no longer be required to go to Nabarangpur for treatment, the collector said. Nabarangpur district that borders Chhattisgarh has recorded over 200 Covid positive cases for seven consecutive days. On Tuesday, 206 cases were detected.
“Though the district has recorded over 3,000 cases since April 1, we are hopeful that the number will decrease in the next few days as the district’s border with Chhattisgarh has been completely sealed Priority has been given to tracing and treatment of patients,” Mishra said.