Private ambulance plan implementation in question
In a meeting with officials a decision was taken that 30 ambulances could be parked on a dedicated area of NBMCH campus at any point of time.
In a meeting with officials a decision was taken that 30 ambulances could be parked on a dedicated area of NBMCH campus at any point of time.
The North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) will use 'Nishchay Yan,' a free ambulance service for expectant women and sick infants, to ferry deceased patients.
There had been allegations against the NBMCH of delay in handing over the facility to the ICMR-NICED after completion of the necessary formalities.
NBMCH authorities have said they are planning to seek intervention from administration to fix a uniform fare chart for private ambulances.
The director of medical education, department of health and family welfare, Prof Debasis Bhattacharya, reviewed its status today.
According to health department officials, a new CT scan machine will also be installed soon at the NBMCH.
NBMCH authorities said they had now stressed more on checking the infrastructure prescribed by the National Building Code for essential fire-safety measures, since a fire incident also took place almost a year ago in the Critical Care Unit (CCU) there.
It is learnt that the unit has a capacity of 31, but it often remains overcrowded. NBMCH authorities said the nursing staff spotted smoke billowing from the regulator of the fan at 3.40 am and they immediately pressed the alarm button.
A total of 79 new cases were detected in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation area in the past 24 hours.In Malda, 35 new cases of Covid-19 were detected last night in the VRDL in the Malda Medical College and Hospital, while another 16 cases were found through rapid antigen tests conducted on 195 samples.
Sixteen in Siliguri, five in Hills among fresh cases.
