Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot launches health projects worth Rs 231 crore

JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday inaugurated as many as 349 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, 178 neonatal ICU beds, 10 paediatric ICU beds and 160 oxygen plants across the state.
He also inaugurated two liquid oxygen generation plants. The launched projects are worth Rs 231.6 crore.
The oxygen plants included the ones established with the Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development (MLALAD) funds from Pipad, Bhopalgarh and Nohar.
The CM also laid the the foundation stone for a total of 404 neonatal ICU beds and paediatric ICU beds, which will cost Rs 50.6 crore.
Gehlot said the state government was strengthening its healthcare services from capital to the remote rural areas. He said the state was ready to fight back another Covid-19 wave.
He said in countries such as the UK and Russia, the covid pandemic situation was turning serious again and some Indian states too were witnessing Covid cases.
Gehlot said the state was increasing testing and genome-sequencing facilities along with making the state self-sufficient in oxygen production.