Over 5,000 Children Infected By Covid, Meghalaya To Set Up 3 Paediatric Hospitals

Meghalaya Health Minister Alexander Laloo Hek said the government has decided to set up the paediatric hospitals at Shillong, Tura and Jowai

Over 5,000 children up to the age of 14 years in Meghalaya have been infected by Covid since the pandemic began and 17 of them have succumbed to the infection. Out of these 17 children, 13 died in the last month after the state saw a spike in Covid cases. Sharing the numbers, state Health Minister Alexander Laloo Hek told mediapersons today that the government has now decided to set up paediatric hospitals at three locations -- Shillong, Tura in West Garo Hills and Jowai in West Jaintia Hills district. These hospitals, the minister said, will be set up in prefabricated buildings -- buildings put together by assembling factory-made components.