Patna: Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh, flagged off four high-tech ambulances, under NTPC’s CSR grant to Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences(IGIMS), Patna today. The keys were handed over to Dr. Manish Mandal, the medical superintendent of IGIMS in a function organised in IGIMS administrative office complex where Singh joined through virtual mode from Delhi. Bihar’s Energy Minister, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, and Health Minister, Mangal Pandey, were present at IGIMS on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh said in the last four years, NTPC had spent more than Rs. 321 crore in Bihar under CSR. He informed that 10 ambluances had already been provided to IGIMS , Patna and on the request of Bihar government he assured two more ambulances would be provided which would be a total of 16 ambulances for IGIMS ,Patna.
Congratulating the efforts of NTPC and state health department in strengthening the health sector in the state, he said this was the work for progress and wellbeing of the people of the state and such efforts will continue in the future also.
The state-of-the-art ambulances, provided at a cost of 80 lakh, are fitted with Advance Life Support (ALS) facilities. Medical equipment in the Ambulance include auto loading stretcher, wheel chair cum stair chair, transport ventilator, syringe infusion pump, multi parameter monitor, vacuum splint, portable oxygen cylinder with regulator, emergency kits, and rescue tools.
In the past NTPC has also provided financial support for building a dedicated Burn Unit at AIIMS, Patna with the total cost of 21.06 Crores apart from providing ambulances to various states and has supported medical infrastructure projects.
– global bihari bureau
