Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation for several healthcare infrastructure projects under the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) in Ranchi. The projects include the foundation of health centers, critical care bed facilities, and nursing colleges in various districts of Jharkhand.
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Jamshedpur/Ranchi: Prominent Covid-19 hospitals in Jharkhand are a divided lot over the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) advisory on withdrawing plasma therapy.
While Jamshedpur-based Tata Main Hospital (TMH) stopped providing patients with the therapy from Tuesday, Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) has sought an opinion for its expert committee to plan its future course of action.
“Adhering to the ICMR advisory, issued on Monday late evening, we have stopped providing plasma therapy to Covid-19 patients admitted in our hospital from today (Tuesday),” Dr Rajan Chaudhary, advisor (medical services) to TMH, told TOI.
The ICMR had recommended scrapping of plasma therapy from the current treatment protocol of Covid-19 patients stating that it has no significant benefits on the treatment. TMH is the largest hospital treating Covid-19 patients in East Singhbhum and the entire Kolhan division.
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.