Chandigarh: UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore has directed six major departments to plan the construction of health care facilities urgently, calls that come from fear of the third wave of Covid predicted many experts can attack in August or September.
City corporation, office deputy commissioner, housing office, chandigarh housing council, health and industrial department – some of them failed to build hospitals and nursing homes for various reasons – got a letter from Badnore who asked for a reshuffle.
The private sector also found mention.
“At present, Chandigarh has health facilities in PGI, government medical governments and hospitals, sector 32, and multi-government hospitals, sector 16, but are not in the private sector on a large scale.
We can explore several options to improve facilities Health care.
This is all more needed during the critical situation of the Covid-19 pandemic and the prospect of the third wave hit the nation, “Badnore said in his letter, a copy with TOI.
Badnore suggests 8.24 acre hospital sites in Taman IT can be auctioned.
The Chandigarh Housing Board is a land guard.
About 2.74 acre the hospital site is in Manimajra too.
The land belongs to UT.
Nine nursing sites from the plantation office lay empty, according to records.
They are in the main southern regions such as sector 33, 44, 46 and 51.
Four sites are in sector 51, each two in sectors 33 and 46, and one in sector 44.
“There is a terrible need to throw away the site Forwards.
Authority and senior officers must concentrate on doing so through auction or offer or other means, “recommending UT senior officials.