eGov Foundation on Monday launched the 10BedICU project in 23 districts of Assam in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Under this initiative, 10-bed ICU wards were created in government hospitals in 23 districts of Assam.
Three tele-ICU hubs will also be set up – one each at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital, Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), and Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh (AMCH).
A total of 365 ICU beds were added including Tele-ICU beds.
Funding came from Vinod Khosla, an Indian-American businessman, and the HDFC family, and the project was implemented through NGOs such as the eGovernments Foundation and KarunaTrust. Industry partners involved in the project include Hamilton Medical and Google Cloud, a release said.
Initially conceived as a response to the second wave of COVID-19, the 10BedICU project has added over 200 10-bed ICUs in the last 24 months across the states of Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Meghalaya and . Puducherry.