SAS Nagar, May 21

In order to tackle the COVID crisis by way of providing timely treatment and further ramping up the bed capacity in the state, Government of Punjab through Department of Health has initiated the process of granting approval for setting up of temporary COVID hospitals. The first such in-principle approval up on Self Declarations to immediately start constructionwas granted to M/s Mohali Medical Group Pvt. Ltd for setting up a temporary hospital at SAS Nagar/ Mohali and full support will be given by the district adminstration in this regard so that this temporary hospital could be started as soon as possible.

This was stated by the Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Mrs. Ashika Jain while presiding over a meeting of the officers of various departments regarding the construction of the hospital.

पेट्रोल पंप की पाइप से निकली ऐसी चीज़, उड़े होश , आप भी पेट्रोल डलवाते समय रखें ध्यान नहीं तो …

The Additional Deputy Commissioner instructed the offcials of various departments to extended full support regarding fire prevention arrangements, management of biomedical waste, sewerage and water supply connections and power management.

Moreover she also instructed the officials to check the setting up process of this temporary hospital at various stages. He said that any negligence in this regard would not be tolerated. She also disclosed that 03 oxygen concentrators 45 LPM each have been also installed in Medical College, Mohali. These will reduce the dependency on oxygen cylinders.

Regarding the temporary hospital she said that this the first such project at Mohali which got NOC within 24 hours of submission of the application based upon Self Declarations. In order to ensure prompt and hassle-free clearances in these difficult times, relevant Govt departments have made relaxed Standard operating procedures for encouraging people to set up make-shift COVID hospitals in the state.

खूंखार अपराधी रंगा बिल्ला की कहानी || The most dreaded criminal in the history of India ||

The departments involved are Department of Health,Local Government, Housing and Urban Development, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Public Works Development, and Labour.
Invest Punjab has been made the nodal office to facilitate issuance of allrequisite NOCs/in-principle approvals from all concerned departments.

The person/group who intends to open a temporary hospital can apply to invest Punjab by simply filling an application form and submitting Self-Declarations. This has been done to ensure that any person/group desirous of opening a makeshift hospital doesn’t need to visit multiple offices and getsthe clearances in a timebound manner.

Any person/group with an intention to open a temporary covid hospital can approach Invest Punjab for guidance and necessary facilitation.

During this Additional Deputy Commissioner (D) Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Commissioner Mohali Municipal Corporation Kamal Kumar Garg, Assistant Commissioner (General) Tarsem Chand were also present.

-NAV GILL