Kanpur: Chacha Nehru hospital to be developed as level-2 hospital for children – ET HealthWorld

At the meeting convened by mayor Pramila Pandey and municipal commissioner Akshay Tripathi, the pediatricians present in the meeting said that they would chalk out a plan about requirements for the proposed level-2 hospital as per the directions of the chief minister.

Dr Yashwant Rao, of the paediatric department, LLR hospital, Dr Deepak Srivastava, paediatric department, Guru Tegh Bahadur hospital and Dr Amit Singh, health officer of the city, were present in the meeting.

The municipal commissioner told the child specialists that in view of the third Covid wave, a 50-bed hospital would be established at Chacha Nehru hospital. Of the 50 beds, 20 beds would be in the ICU and the remaining 30 beds would be equipped with oxygen equipment.

He asked the doctors to recommend a number of doctors, nurses and the paramedical staff for the hospital which would be developed like a private hospital. The hospital, to start shortly, would run its OPD round the clock, he further said.

Dr Rao said that a plan for level-22 hospitals would be made as per the requirements.

“We have asked the civil engineering department to chalk out a plan for renovation of the building and start the work in this regard while the health officer has been directed to get vacated rooms from the employees residing in the hospital”, the municipal commissioner said.

The mayor had presented the proposal to the chief minister to reopen Chacha Nehru hospital for children to which the latter gave his nod when he visited the city last Saturday.

Chacha Nehru hospital was started just after Independence to provide treatment to children. It continued to function till the nineties.

Later, Kanpur Municipal Corporation started to operate it but after some time the hospital had to be closed as the KMC did not take any interest to run it, and its building was converted into a record room where old files were kept.