Ludhiana, May 8 -- After staying shut for over two years, the intensive care unit (ICU) at the civil hospital was reopened and inaugurated by health minister Balbir Singh on Wednesday .

The facility includes 4 ICU beds with ventilator support and 4 high dependency unit (HDU) beds equipped with high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) and BiPAP facilities.

The ICU despite the required equipment, remained shut due to the shortage of staff to run the facility. Last month, the posts for 16 staff nurses trained for ICU services, eight multitask workers and two technicians were sanctioned under the National Health Mission to get the ICU running.

On an average 70-80 patients are admitted to various departments of the hospital every day. Atleast 5-10 sev...