Coronavirus: Punjab government sets up Mobile Covid Care Unit
Mission Fateh 2.0 for Corona Mukat Punjab: The Punjab Government on Monday set up a Mobile Covid Care Unit (MCCU) in partnership with Treebo Hotels to serve the remote villages of the district, informed Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu while flagging it off from District Administrative Complex of SAS Nagar.
The idea of setting up this Mobile Covid Care Unit (MCCU) under Mission Fateh 2.0 for Corona Mukat Punjab is to serve the rural communities in these difficult times, who have limited access to healthcare.
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The MCCU will be equipped with 20 beds, 10 oxygen concentrators, on-site medical and nursing staff, and medical supplies. S.A.S. Nagar District Administration will be the first to run the Mobile Covid Care Unit.
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After the success of pilot MCCU, a few more would be pressed into operation, he informed.
The spread of the pandemic into the smaller cities and villages from the Tier I and metro cities underscores the need for a mobile unit to address Covid-19 patients in the interiors, said Sidhu.
He said that this mobile unit is quick to set up and can dispense medical attention to the remotest places where the medical infrastructure might not be adequate to handle the current magnitude of the situation.
In the meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan informed that the district administration of SAS Nagar has arranged medical and nursing staff along with medical supplies and consumables while Treebo has come forward in setting up the mobile base camp with oxygen concentrators. This camp will offer free service including medication to the rural residents.
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