Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (HB/EP)
Udupi, Aug 12: “The district hospital will be upgraded as a 300-bed hospital soon,” said minister of home affairs and district in-charge minister Basavaraj Bommai.
He addressed a gathering after handing over ventilators to the district administration at the Country Hotel auditorium on Wednesday.
“The funds from the finance department will be released soon for the upgrade. The government has handed over ten ventilators donated by 20 donors. Death can be prevented by their use,” he said.
“MLA Raghupathi Bhat distributed food to the people for more than 100 days during the lockdown. He also obtained ventilators as donations,” he said.
“The ventilators will be used in the cooperation of government and private hospitals,” he said. He congratulated Dr G Shanker, Abharana Jewellers, Robo Software Technologies and H N Shetty of Heggunje Rajiv Shetty Charitable Society for having donated the ventilators.
Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar, coastal development authority president Mattaru Ratnakar Hegde, Udupi urban development authority president Raghavendra Kini, deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha, DSP Vishnuvardhan and others were present.