School to be converted into Covid hosp | Jaipur News

Jaipur: The Rajasthan State Road Development & Construction Corporation Limited (RSRDC) in collaboration with Hindustan Zinc is in the process of converting a school in Rajsamand’s Dariba into a 250-bed Covid hospital. The total cost of converting the school into a 250-bed hospital will be Rs 2.6 crore, said PWD principal secretary and RSRDC chairman Rajesh Yadav.
“A school near Hindustan Zinc’s factory in Dariba (Rajsamand) will be converted into a 250-bed hospital. It has been just a week since the decision has been taken and we will complete the work in another 5-6 days. We will take oxygen from Hindustan Zinc and use it for the hospital,” said Yadav.
“We are working on a war footing to complete the work in 10-15 days,” he added. According to the state government’s portal on Covid info, there are currently 393 Covid hospitals in the state with 10,990 general beds, 16,834 oxygen beds, 2713 ICU beds without ventilator and 2181 ICU beds with ventilators.
For any kind of Covid-related queries, one can contact state corona Sampark Helpline Number: 181 and state Covid control room Number: 0141-2225624.
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