Ranchi: In a first in Jharkhand, Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) made operational a Covid-19 ward with 327 oxygen supported beds at its newly built multi-level parking facility on the campus. Another ward with of 128 oxygen beds was inaugurated at the Rims’ old building and a 73-bed Covid ICU facility was commissioned at the hospital’s oncology wing. The three new facilities became functional on Thursday.
“I had an opportunity to visit these facilities while they were being built. The Rims management and the agencies concerned have done a great job. To set up such facilities within 12-15 days is no mean feat,” chief minister Hemant Soren said after virtually inaugurating the facilities from his home in Kanke Road. The parking lot was inaugurated in late 2019, but was lying unused.