After Hazoor Sahib, DSGMC donated gold, silver reserve for hospital
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The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) donated more than 20 kg gold and silver worth around Rs 2.5 crores, from its reserves for setting up of a 125-bed COVID 19 hospital at an existing semi-finished hospital building at Bala Sahib Gudwara along Ring Road ,New Delhi. The jewels have been handed over to Baba Bachan Singh Ji Kar Sewa Wale for the construction of the hospital.The approximate price of one kg of gold is about Rs 50 lakh while silver is valued at nearly Rs 68,000 per kg.
As per, DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa “Gold and silver is not important, healthcare is most important. We want to use it for welfare of humanity,” he said.
The hospital will have 35 ICU beds for adults and four ICU beds for children, as well as separate wards for female patients. It will be for treating COVID-19 patients at present and later converted into a general hospital, Sirsa added.
The hospital will be set up in record 60 days, DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in a press conference.
He said DSGMC is already running a 400-bed Covid Care Centre equipped with oxygen concentrators at Rakab Ganj Gurudwara in the national capital.
Takht Hazoor Sahib donated gold reserves collected in over 50 years
After Hazoor Sahib, DSGMC donated gold, silver reserve for hospital. Earlier, one of the five takhts,Takht Hazoor Sahib Gurdwara , Nanded in Maharashtra reportedly said it will tap into all of its gold reserves, collected in a span of over 50 years, for building hospitals and healthcare facilities.
The gurdwara authorities said that such facilities will be constructed in Maharashtra’s Nanded, so that people have access to healthcare facilities without having to travel to Mumbai and Hyderabad for treatment.
In a tweet, Takht Jathedar Sant Baba Kulwant Singh had said, “Takht Hazoor Sahib, Nanded, in Maharashtra – One of the Five Takhts of SIKHISM, is releasing all the Gold collected over the last 50 years – to build Hospitals & Medical Colleges Aim – Nobody should have to travel to Hyderabad OR Bombay for Medical studies or Treatment !!!”
June 3,2021
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