By Our Correspondent
CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday dedicated India’s largest State-run ECMO unit here at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
The unit has nine ECMO ((extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machines, which is the largest unit in eastern India and the biggest unit at any government facility in India.
“The second wave of the pandemic was very much painful. Even as the lockdown restrictions have been relaxed, the pandemic is not yet over. We have to remain more cautious for the impending third wave,” he said.“The second wave of Covid-19 has created a devastation across the country, while we have been able to control the situation in Odisha due to advance planning and proper management,” he said.
After inaugurating the ECMO unit, the Chief Minister spent some time at the Taladanda Canal, which has been transformed under the 5T Initiative of the Odisha Government. His PS and 5T Secretary VK Pandian has briefed Patnaik about the development works being taken up in the Silver City. The CM expressed satisfaction with the beautification works done on the two sides of the Canal.
