Sonapur & Singimari hospitals upgraded to COVID care: Himanta

AssamHealth Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday visited Sonapur DistrictHospital, which has been upgraded into a Coronavirus special care hospital.

The Minister informed that the health department has upgraded the hospital into a 150-bed COVID care hospital with 16 ICU beds. The work has been supervised by MoS Health, Pijush Hazarika.

#IndiaFightsCorona

We are upgrading Sonapur Civil Hospital to a fully-equipped #COVID hospital with 150 beds and 16 ICU beds. Work is being personally supervised by MOS @pijush_hazarika.

Visited the hospital today and interacted with our doctors, nurses and staff. pic.twitter.com/TcSgZXHp7O

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 30, 2020

Earlier in the day, he met the doctors and staff of the Singimari Model Hospital in Dadara, Kamrup. The hospital has been converted into a 50-bed COVID care hospital. "A 20-bed ICU will soon come up in the hospital," informed Minister Sarma.

Pleased to meet very highly motivated doctors & staff at Singimari Model Hospital in Dadara, Kamrup, all geared to fight #Covid pandemic.

We have converted this facility into a 50- bed #COVID care hospital. A 20-bed ICU will soon come up in the hospital. #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/EG0RDaNNbQ

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 30, 2020