NEW DELHI: In the face of rising Covid-19 cases in the poll-bound Bihar, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday announced that two makeshift hospitals in Patna and Muzaffarpur will be funded through the PM-CARES Fund. The Bihar Assembly elections is scheduled to be held later this year.
The PMO, in a series of tweets, stated that the PM-Cares Fund Trust has decided to allocate funds for the fight against Covid-19 by way of establishment of 500-bed makeshift hospitals in Patna and Muzaffarpur by the DRDO.
“This will go a long way in improving the Covid-19 care in Bihar. The 500-bed hospital at Bihta, Patna will be inaugurated on Monday and the 500 bed hospital at Muzaffarpur will be inaugurated very soon,” tweeted the PMO.
It further stated that the two hospitals will have 125 ICU beds with ventilators and 375 normal beds each.
“Each bed also has oxygen supply. The doctors and paramedical staff will be provided by the Armed Forces Medical Services,” the PMO added.
The Bihar health department on Monday said the state reported a fresh 1,227 positive cases, while there are 24,318 active cases.
The government had earlier stated that over 50,000 ventilators had been procured from the PM Cares Fund.
The Centre is sharing the ventilators with the states to deal with the rising Covid-19 cases.
The government had also stated earlier that about Rs 1,000 crore were given to the states to reach out assistance to the migrants during the lockdown.