Health dept ramps up hospital facilities

The department has arranged for 3816 paediatric beds, 2438 sick newborn care unit (SNCU) beds, 164 beds in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and 229 beds in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the 77 three-tier health facilities--sub-divisional hospital, district hospital and medical college and hospital-across the state, it is learnt.