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.