PMCH to become first green hospital in state
THUMBS UP The institute has had a successful trial run of its 250 KW solar power plant
DHANBAD: The governmentowned Patliputra Medical College Hospital (PMCH) in Dhanbad will become power self– reliant within a week after a successful trial run of its 250 kilo watt roof-top solar power plant on Wednesday.
PMCH superintendent Ranjan Pandey said the finishing touches were being given to the plant by the project engineers. It will be fully operational within seven days.
Similar power plants are being installed across the medical colleges in the state by the Jharkhand renewable energy development authority under the Prime Minister National solar Mission programme. However, “The PMCH has become the first to switch to green energy,” he said.
The plant, which has 670 solar plates, costs `5 crore. It will take care of power needs across all the hospital wards.
The medical college depends on the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) power supply and faces five to six hours load shedding during the peak hours daily, which has been causing major crisis in the hospital.
In 2014, the then principal superintendent of the PMCH was sacked by the state government for power failure in the hospital.
“The power requirement of the PMCH is 300 to 350 kilo watts per day. The solar power plant will cater to all requirements except some heavy diagnostic machines of the hospital which do not operate on green energy,” said an engineer of the agency working on the project.
It will also cut expenses worth ` 5 lakh per month, which includes six high power generators.