GUWAHATI: Amid rising number of COVID-19 patients in the state, Assam health minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated a 900-bedded COVID-19 care hospital at Khanapara in Guwahati. The hospital has individual rooms with attached bathrooms for the patients. Dr. Sarma inaugurated the hospital in the presence of minister of state for health and family welfare Pijush Hazarika.
“It shall strengthen our treatment capacity amid rising number of positive cases. It shall strengthen our treatment capacity amid rising number of positive cases,” minister Sarma expressed hope.
Earlier on Tuesday he also inaugurated another COVID-19 hospital at Patanjali Yogapeeth, Mirza.