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Reverse osmosis plant coming up in Karur hospital

L. Renganathan

Rs. 1.5-lakh plant designed to dispense 250 litres of water an hour to meet burgeoning demand

KARUR: Addressing a long-pending demand to provide protected drinking water to patients and the public at the Government Hospital here, a reverse osmosis plant is being established at a cost of Rs. 1.5 lakh.

Work on the plant is nearing completion and all is set for putting it to use in a few days. The plant has been established at the Department of Siddha Medicine and Homoeopathy centre near the entrance of the hospital under the auspices of the Patients Welfare Society.

Lacks many facilities

While there had been many demands to be met at the hospital that lacks in numerous public utilities, the important of them all, meeting the drinking water requirement of the patients and those who come to visit them at the hospital, has been addressed with the establishment of the reverse osmosis plant. The plant has been designed to dispense 250 litres of treated water an hour to meet the burgeoning demand.

Especially during summer, availability of potable drinking water is less and there is demand from many forums to set right this issue.

Heeding the pleas, the medical authorities, under the auspices of the Patients' Welfare Society, decided to establish the reverse osmosis plant as the water being supplied needed clinical cleansing because of its nature and state of pollution in the town.

Accordingly, work on establishing the plant began about a month back and it is nearing completion. Treated water will then be pumped into a separate plastic container and supplied through taps. The water point would be a boon to the patients and visitors, according to the Resident Medical Officer Periyasamy and Medical Superintendent (in-charge) Manivel.

However, since the reverse osmosis plant and container have been established inside the Department of Siddha and Homoeopathy centre, patients visiting the centre will be put to some hardship as there is little space at the ground floor of the centre. There are plans to add an in-patient ward at the centre and that might draw more patients.

It would be good if the plant is retained there and the container is shifted so that the Siddha and Homoeopathy department is not disturbed by those who come seeking water.

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