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New Delhi : Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar and Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of Haryana, inaugurated Plasma Bank at ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad (Haryana), through video conference from Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, on August 7, 2020. Gangwar said that the Plasma bank is a very important facility in the context of treating Covid-19 patients.
Gangwar said that 21 ESIC Hospitals across India had been converted into Dedicated Covid-19 Hospitals. More than 2,400 Isolation beds, 550 ICU/HDU beds with 200 ventilators have also been made available at these Hospitals. Quarantine facility (approx. 1,300 Beds) has been made functional at 4 ESIC Hospitals at Alwar (Rajasthan), Bihta, Patna (Bihar), Gulbarga (Karnataka), and Korba (Chhattisgarh). Besides, Covid-19 testing facility has been made available at ESIC Hospital, Faridabad (Haryana), Basaidarapur (New Delhi), and Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, he said.
Plasma therapy is also being provided at ESIC Hospitals, Faridabad and Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, for the treatment of serious patients of COVID-19. Gangwar commended the efforts being made by ESIC, an organisation under his Ministry, to combat COVID-19. In the last 67 years of journey, the services of ESIC have been expanded to about 566 districts out of 722 districts. About 12 crore beneficiaries are receiving ESI facilities.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar informed about the efforts of Haryana Govt. in combating Covid-19 pandemic. He also briefed about starting of Plasma Therapy in Haryana at 3 different locations, viz. Panchkula, Rohtak, and Gurugram. While concluding his speech, he made an appeal to the COVID recovered patients to come forward and donate their plasma to save the lives of others, according to a PIB release.
ESIC Medical College Faridabad is a dedicated 540 bed COVID Hospital with ICU Beds for the treatment of Covid-19 patients of Haryana. Besides, Covid-19 testing facility has also been made available at ESIC Hospital, Faridabad (Haryana).