From Trishna Pegu Doley
GUWAHATI : Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited Assam Medical College & Hospital at Dibrugarh today and inspected the newly installed oxygen plant there. He also took stock of the health infrastructure available in the medical college for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Chief Minister Sonowal also visited the ICMR-RMRC in Dibrugarh today and held discussion with the senior doctors on COVID-19 preparedness apart from taking stock of its infrastructure.
Noteworthy that the ICMR-RMRC has been playing a very significant role in the fight against COVID-19. Later talking to media persons, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the State Government has been working to ensure adequate numbers of oxygen concentrators and supply of oxygen in the state. The State Government has been planning to increase oxygen production capacity of the plant at AMCH, the Chief Minister said adding that Oil India Limited would extend support in this regard.
He informed that all requisite infrastructure has been developed so that there is no shortage of supply of oxygen in the state for next three months. He further said that steps have been taken to add another 25 ICU bed at AMCH. The Chief Minister exuded confident that the state would successfully overcome the challenge posed by second wave of COVID-19 and said that all health functionaries including doctors, nurses, laboratory technician, ASHA worker etc. and frontline workers have been working unrelentingly in this fight.
