The Union health ministry has assigned two central agencies to set up two oxygen plants at the district hospitals of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and decided conduct the projects.
On Friday,the BJP MP of Darjeeling Raju Bista said that Pressure Swing Adsorption i.e. medical oxygen generator plants which would be irst-of-its-kind facility in the hills,would be available at the hospitals very soon.
The MP, Raju Bista has said that I had written a letter to the Prime Minister , mentioning that and requested him for oxygen plants, one each in these two places and another in Siliguri where patients from all over the region come for treatment. Because geographic distance from the plains,transportation of medical oxygen in tanks to the hill regions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong would be difficult . But after requesting him the proposal had been approved.
Sources said the third plant would come up at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital which is the main referral hospital that is run by the state in the region.Meanwhile, the authorities in NBMCH have started planning up a proposal to construct a cancer hospital at the campus in association with the Tata Memorial Hospital of Mumbai.
The announcement was recently made by chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Calcutta. There is likely to have a capacity of 100 beds. A faculty member of NBMCH. said that there is a ample space in the campus and he authorities have already started identifying prospective plots for the hospital at the campus. So,It would be of major help for cancer patients of north Bengal.
