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NE gets first dedicated COVID 19 hospital in Guwahati

NE gets first dedicated COVID 19 hospital in Guwahati

Guwahati, May 29 (UNI) The first dedicated COVID 19 hospital in North East region was inaugurated today at Guwahati, Assam’s main city, as a part of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here.
The super-specialty block of the GMCH has been fully converted as a COVID 19 treatment unit for now, becoming the first exclusive hospital for COVID 19 patients in the entire NE region.
“Glad that the Rs 150 crore Centrally funded, 4-floor-236-bed (186 ward, 50 ICU) superspecialty block at GMCH is functional and fully converted as a COVID19 treatment unit for now,” state Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote on Twitter, after inaugurating the hospital, along with his deputy minister Pijush Hazarika.

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