India News | COVID-19: Children's Unit Needed in Osmanabad, Says Minister
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A possible third wave of coronavirus infections may affect children and there was need for a 100-bed paediatric unit to be set up in Osmanabad soon, Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh said on Monday.
Osmanabad, May 31 (PTI) A possible third wave of coronavirus infections may affect children and there was need for a 100-bed paediatric unit to be set up in Osmanabad soon, Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh said on Monday.
He also informed that a medical college with a student intake of 100 will commence here from the next academic year.
The minister said he had visited a few sites for the college during the day, and a 20-acre plot belonging to ITI College seemed feasible.
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