Oct 20, Kathmandu - A new 25-bed intensive care unit has come into operation at the Western Regional Hospital under the Pokhara Institute of Health Sciences. With this, the number of beds available for intensive care in the hospital has reached 35.

The new unit has a 16-bed intensive care unit, an eight-bed coronary care unit and a one-bed isolation ICU, informed the director of the institute, Dr. Jhapindra Pokharel.

Earlier, a 10-bed ICU was in operation at the hospital. The institute has brought the new unit into operation by investing an additional Rs 10 million. “We have started operating additional treatment rooms and beds as the pressure of patients in the intensive care unit is increasing. The added infrastructure will facilitate treatment,” said Director Pokharel.

Patients come here from all 11 districts of the province as well as other districts. This hospital is providing services to 2,000 patients daily.