Mangaluru: According to sources, Mangaluru City South MLA D.Vedavyasa Kamath has said that the government on Friday have decided to provide piped oxygen supply to 300 more beds at Government Wenlock Hospital which at the present is the COVID-19 hospital in the city.

He further added about how the decision was taken at a virtual meeting by Dakshina Kannada district administration along with C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister, and senior officials of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Presently, 150 beds at Wenlock hospital have piped oxygen supply connectivity. When 300 more are added, 450 will have connectivity, he said. In addition, the government agreed to provide piped oxygen supply connectivity to 30 beds in five taluk hospitals in Dakshina Kannada. This is to reduce the burden on Wenlock hospital.

The meeting was attended among others by Kota Srinivasa Poojary, Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada, Harish Poonja, MLA, Belthnagady, and Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B. Rupesh.