40-bedded COVID-19 ICU inaugurated at a Sivasagar hospital

SIVASAGAR: In the company of state education minister cum guardian minister of Sivasagar district Ranoj Pegu today inaugurated the newly set-up COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in Sivasagar district.

The ICU ward with a capacity of as many as 40 beds equipped with modern medical facilities would cater to COVID-19 patients in need of intensive care.

Setting up the COVID ward in Siu-Ka-Pha Multi-speciality Hospital is in an effort of the Assam government to scale up medical infrastructure in the state amid COVID-19 crisis.

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State health minister Keshab Mahanta took to Twitter and shared the development.

"In the company of state Education Minister cum Guardian Minister of Sivasagar dist.

On the other hand, Assam in the past 24 hours, reported 2,869 fresh COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths.

Of the total new cases,198 cases were from Kamrup Metro (M) district.

States recovery rate is now 92.37%.

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