NASHIK: The Nashik civil hospital has placed a demand for Rs 48 crore from the state government for upgrading the Covid infrastructure in the rural areas of the district.
Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar was in Nashik on a day’s tour during which he held a meeting with the hospital authorities to understand the mechanism of treating Covid patients along with their demands for improving the system.
“We had a successful meeting with the deputy chief minister during which he appreciated the work carried out by the health department. We have further demanded Rs 48 crore from the government for the strengthening of the health infrastructure of the district,” Dr Ashok Thorat, civil surgeon at Nashik Civil Hospital, said.
Some of the major demands placed by the civil surgeon included Rs 18 crore for two operation theatres being planned at the Nashik civil hospital and general hospital in Malegaon that will cater to needs of people from rural areas.
“The two operation theatres will have advanced facilities for minimizing infection to the patients. This in turn will help the citizens requiring complex surgeries,” Dr Nikhil Saindane, medical officer at civil hospital, said.
Apart from this, the authorities have also sought funds from the state government under for setting up three Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants in addition to the 24 PSAs for which the funds have been provided by the district planning committee (DPC).
“We also need generators worth Rs 5 crore as back-up support to power the PSA plants especially in rural areas,” the officer said.
