Assam government will add 200 ICU beds by June 15 in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital

Assam government will add 200 ICU beds by June 15 in Gauhati Medical college and hospital (GMCH). Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he would hold a meeting with Health Department about the reportedly imminent third wave of Covid19 and its effect on children

Sarma inaugurated 28 new ICU beds in GMCH apart from taking stock of COVID-19 treatment facilities and other aspects of the hospital.

The Chief Minister said that new ICU beds would greatly boost the treatment facilities for Covid patients and said these ICUs can also be used for treatment of non COVID-19 critical patients. On Sunday, 10 extra ICU beds were added in COVID-19 Hospital at Kalapahar and in two days a total of 38 ICU beds were added in both these hospitals, he informed.


The Chief Minister also said that another 28 ICU beds would be added in GMCH in the next few days along with 10 more in Kalapahar Hospital while a total of 200 such beds would be added in GMCH by June 15. He said that no one had to be rejected ICU beds till now in three facilities of GMCH, MMCH and Kalapahar COVID-19 Hospital in the city.

He also thanked the Health Department for executing the difficult task of conducting COVID-19 tests on 1 lakh people daily in the state. Saying that the coming down of positivity rate to 5.68 in the state is a very welcome sign, Sarma stated that everyone must keep observing maximum precaution as the death rate is not decreasing with new dangers like black and white fungus etc.

The Chief Minister also said that he would hold a meeting with Health Department about the reportedly imminent third wave of COVID-19 and its effect on children