Power backup arranged in Covid facilities

Vadodara: The district administrations in smaller districts of central Gujarat have started working overtime to ensure uninterrupted power supply to Covid care facilities when cyclone Tauktae hits the state. Generator sets with fuel and electricians have been posted at the facilities.
Central Gujarat is expected to face high winds and showers due to cyclone Tauktae. In wake of the situation, the district administrations in Panchmahal, Dahod and Mahisagar have made elaborate arrangements to handle any eventuality.
Officials in Panchmahal district said that the Godhra Civil Hospital already had a generator set, but two more have been kept on stand-by there. A generator had also been arranged for the nursing hostel Covid hospital. Three private hospitals that did not have generators had got it installed now.
One of the biggest Covid treatment facilities at Tajpura in Halol taluka in Panchmahal district had also been equipped with a generator. In the Morva Hadaf taluka, drills were held at treatment facilities in Morva and Mora to ensure timely switch over of power was done.

In Dahod, the civil hospital had power backup. However, arrangements of generators had to be made for 30 other treatment facilities in the district. Out of the five private Covid treatment facilities in Dahod, three now have generators while the two others have inverters. Officials said that hospitals have been asked to ensure that they had 18 hours of power backup.
In the Mahisagar district too, power backup had been arranged for all 14 Covid care facilities. Teams have been kept ready to deal with any power and water supply disruption to hospitals. Similar arrangements had been made for the Chhota Udepur district.