Uttarakhand government medical college hospitals receive Rs 10 crore from CM's relief fund

the minister also sanctioned Rs 1 crore for distributing four masks free of cost to each person caught without a face cover in public places. The amount for free distribution of masks has been kept at the disposal of the Uttarakhand Director General of Police.

Uttarakhand Government Medical College Hospitals received an overwhelming amount from the state CM. Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on April 27, 2021, sanctioned Rs 10 crore from the CM's Relief Fund to augment facilities at the hospitals in Uttarakhand and strengthen them in view of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. According to the reports, the minister also sanctioned Rs 1 crore for distributing four masks free of cost to each person caught without a face cover in public places. The amount for free distribution of masks has been kept at the disposal of the Uttarakhand Director General of Police. People wandering without a mask will be charged fine.

Meanwhile, the CM also sectioned an amount of Rs 1.18 crore for buying Arsenicum Album and other homeopathic medicines and safety kits for frontline corona warriors. Rs 4.64 crore has been sanctioned for buying Ayush safety kits for building immunity, establishing an Ayush desk in every district headquarters and at the state level.

Meanwhile, the CM also sanctioned Rs 2 crore each for the district magistrates of Bageshwar and Rudraprayag and Rs 1crore each for the DMs of Chamoli and Udham Singh Nagar for taking necessary steps to stop the spread of the virus.

An inspection around the Lindey Oxygen plant in Selaqui was also conducted by the minister to assure and address the officials regarding all the problems coming in electricity supply. The minister said, “In a situation like this when there should be no shortage of oxygen at hospitals, the responsibility of oxygen manufacturing plants has increased manifold and everything would be done to resolve their problems.”

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