Jaipur’s JK Lon Hospital to get 150 more ventilators

JAIPUR: JK Lon Hospital, which the largest children’s hospital in the city, is ready to become a dedicated Covid hospital for paediatric patients in case the third wave strikes. Officials said they have prepared with more beds in ICUs and are providing centralised oxygen to almost every ward in the hospital. Also, oxygen plants have been installed.
The hospital currently has 45 beds in paediatric ICUs and 50 more beds will be added soon. Also, the hospital with get 80 more beds for neonatal ICUs (NICUs). The existing beds in neonatal ICUs are 130. “We will get 80 more NICUs by November 24 for children below one-month. In all, 50 beds for paediatric ICUs are almost ready and can be used anytime now,” said Dr Arvind Shukla, superintendent, JK Lon Hospital.
Besides, the hospital is getting 150 more ventilators.
Also, three oxygen plants have also been installed, which can produce enough oxygen for hospital needs.
The health department is strengthening healthcare facilities for children. More NICU, PICU, ICU, oxygen generation plants and labs in Ajmer, Udaipur and Bikaner Government Medical Colleges and hospitals attached to them will come up with a cost of Rs 44 crore.
Ajmer’s JLN Medical College, Udaipur’s RNT Medical College and SP Medical College in Bikaner will get 140-bed NICU and 300-bedd PICU costing around Rs 16.72 crore. At these medical colleges, 8 oxygen generation plants with a capacity of 1,130 cylinders costing approximately Rs 9 crore and two liquid medical oxygen plants with a capacity of 4,400 cylinders per day have recently been inaugurated. Also, 100 ICU beds, 20 NICU beds and a BSL-2 Lab costing around Rs 17.30 crore were inaugurated in the hospitals attached to the medical college.