The New AIIMS at Bathinda Is Set to Commence Covid Testing

                                             AIIMS at Bathinda

The new AIIMS at Bathinda is set to commence Covid testing in the next two weeks with a daily initial capacity of 180, to be further scaled up to 500/day within a month of launch.

A 30-bedded Level II Covid care facility will also become functional within the next one month at the hospital, which is already providing OPD services to patients, including a large number of cancer patients.

This was disclosed by an official spokesperson on Tuesday 28th July in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh with AIIMS Bathinda Executive Director &CEO Dr Dinesh Kumar Singh and other officials to review the progress of the hospital’s preparedness for Covid care and other related issues.

Describing it as a highly prestigious institute for Punjab, the Chief Minister said the Bathinda AIIMS will be of immense benefit to large number of patients in the Malwa belt.

The Chief Minister assured the AIIMS team of all support from the state government to facilitate Covid care at the facility, where some of the ancillary construction and other works have been delayed due to the outbreak of the pandemic.

Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan said the state government would extend all help to the institute to put the Covid and other essential infrastructure in place in order to scale up Punjab’s fight against the pandemic.

News Courtsey,

Raveen Thukral

A veteran journalist 

Media face of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.