Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
Kathmandu, March 24 : Gokarneshwor Municipality has managed an isolation ward of 27 beds as a part of its preparations against COVID-19.
Mayor of the municipality Santosh Chalise said that a 15-bed private hospital located at Jorpati Chowk was rented for three months to fight the coronavirus pneumonia. The rented hospital will have five state-of-the-art ICUs, five ventilators and five isolation beds, Mayor Chalise said.
“Seven isolation wards have been managed in coordination with Nepal Medical College, Attarkhel and five others from Shankharapur Hospital. More beds would be added with cooperation from two large hospitals located in the municipality in case of requirement,” the Mayor shared.
For the control and treatment of the COVID-19, the municipality has also constituted a nine-member team of doctors led by Subash Pyakurel of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH).
The municipality has also mobilised the health workers even in the public holidays for the treatment of regular patients from all nine health posts including Gokarna Primary Health Care Centre.
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