- 40 bed for Oxygen Therapy and 40 for general patients
- DM Bhim Singh inaugurated the designed hospital in presence of SP, Municipal Corporation Commissioner, CMHO, and the COO & CHRO of the JSPL
- Fortis-OP Jindal Hospital appreciated for the best care
Raipur, (the states. news) In view of the deteriorating conditions of the Covid19 pandemic, Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL), a company headed by Mr. Naveen Jindal, has started a special Covid19 hospital at its Raigarh Steel Plant complex, which will have 40 oxygen and 40 normal beds. The Hospital was inaugurated by District Magistrate of the Raigarh Mr. Bhim Singh in presence of SP Santosh Kumar Singh, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ashutosh Pandey, CMHO Dr. SN Kesari, COO (Chhattisgarh) of JSPL Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, and the CHRO Pankaj Lochan.
While addressing after the inauguration of the Hospital Mr. 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. Mr. 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. 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 Sh. Naveen Jindal for the smooth supply of Oxygen to the district hospitals. He 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. Mr. DK Saraogi expressed commitment on behalf of the JSPL to support the efforts by the district administration to contain Covid19. He said that Mr. 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.
COO of the Fortis-OP Jindal Hospital Major (Retd.) Rajeshwar Bhati briefed that all the emergency services are available in the Covid treatment center. Now the hospital has 378 beds of which only 30 have been reserved for general patients. Rest, 348 beds are for Covid patients. Now, we have 10 ICU and 116 Oxygen beds to treat patients better.
