KANDIVLI SOCY 1ST TO GET NOD TO SET UP COVID CENTRE IN GYM

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to permit housing complexes to set up isolation facilities in gymnasiums and club houses inside society premises to quarantine Covid-19 residents who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. BMC has said that this move will help authorities and residents.

In one such move, BMC said it has given permission to Vishwa Deep Heights society at Kandivli’s Mahavir Nagar to set up an isolation facility inside its gymnasium, provided conditions put forth by the civic body are followed. Some of these conditions include sharing patient details with the BMC, having separate entry and exit points to the facility, not using the facility for commercial purposes or as a refuge area, arranging medical professionals, ensuring disposal of medical waste as per norms, using safety gears and following all protocols issued by the authorities.

Sanjay Kurhade, assistant municipal commissioner of R South ward (which comprises of Kandivli), said, “This move will help in ensuring that all citizens get the required treatment. If any society wishes to obtain permission to set up isolation facilities to quarantine its residents, they can apply at their local ward office. However, they would have to follow all the conditions laid down by the BMC.”

Though Vishwa Deep Heights does not have any Covid-19 case among its residents, the society is setting up the facility as a precautionary step, said society committee member Nilesh Vyas. “We are ready with two beds but we can add three more beds, if required. Three of our residents are doctors, and they have agreed to help us,” Vyas said.