JAIPUR: The health department launched Nirogi Rajasthan Chiranjeevi camps from Sunday. Under the camps, facilities from medicine, diagnosis, treatment and screening for non-communicable diseases will be done.
Besides, launching the health camps on Sunday, health minister Raghu Sharma laid foundation stones and inaugurated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Paediatric ICU (PICU), ICU, oxygen generation plants and diagnostic labs at Ajmer, Udaipur and Bikaner Government Medical Colleges and hospitals attached to them.
Sharma said that with these works costing around Rs 44 crore will further strengthen the health infrastructure of hospitals and will help in treating children if third wave of covid-19 emerges.
Foundation stone of 140-bedded NICU and 300-bedded PICU costing around Rs 16.72 crore were laid at JLN Medical College in Ajmer, RNT Medical College in Udaipur and SP Medical College in Bikaner. At these medical colleges, 8 oxygen generation plants with a capacity of 1130 cylinders costing approximately Rs 9 crore and two liquid medical oxygen plants with a capacity of 4400 cylinders per day were dedicated to the people. Besides this, 100 ICU beds, 20 NICU beds and a BSL-2Lab costing around Rs 17 crore were also dedicated to the people.
In the programme organised virtually from Swasthya Bhawan in Jaipur, Sharma said the capacity of conducting around 1.45 lakh RTPCR covid tests per day has been developed in the state. He expressed confidence in achieving the capacity of1000 metric tonne oxygen soon.
Health secretary Vaibhav Galriya said that all possible efforts are being made to deal with the anticipated third wave of covid.
In October, chief minister Ashok Gehlot had dedicated 185 oxygen generation plants and 600 NICU-PICU beds for the patients.
