MLA Madhuri Misal gives Rs 20 lakh to buy ventilators; urges PMC to start oxygen supply to ESIC hospital in Bibvewadi
Parvati constituency Member of Legislative Assembly and senior BJP leader Madhuri Misal gives Rs 20 lakh from her development funds to buy ventilators for the newly established Covid Care facility at ESIC hospital in Bibvewadi.
She also stated that in order to run the facility with its full force, the oxygen supply to the facility must be provided at the earliest which can be beneficial to the critical patients fighting against Covid19.
She said, ‘The second wave of Covid19 has been dangerous. Patients are finding it difficult to get beds. ESIC hospital has 100 beds out of which 90 beds are equipped for oxygen while 10 ventilator beds. But due to the shortage of oxygen, only 30 patients are being treated at the moment. If oxygen supply is regulated, more 70 patients can be treated.’
Parvati constituency Member of Legislative Assembly and senior BJP leader Madhuri Misal
She further mentioned that this facility at the ESIC hospital is managed by Pune Municipal Corporation, which has independent facility with a nodal officer and 20 MBBS doctors. The hospital can run to its full capacity if the oxygen supply is regulated by the authorities.
Misal further informed that the Pune city in the last one week had a tough time, where the critical patients of Covid19 found it difficult to get a ventilator bed. She said that through the MLA Local Area Development Fund she has given Rs 20 lakhs to buy ventilators for which the process has begun.
