Covid facility at Sec 21A ready

Medical treatment for Covid-19 patients, as well as meals, will be free of cost there.

RITU MAHESHWARI,

CEO, Noida authority

NOIDA: The Noida authority said Friday it has started admitted Covid-19 patients in a makeshift 50-bed hospital. The facility, named Covid care centre, has been developed in a newlybuilt shooting range inside the Noida Stadium in Sector 21A.

The authority released two helpline numbers – 96256 76944 and 93548 35239 – on Friday on which people can call for admission to the facility. Information about the facility can also be obtained by calling this number, said officials.

“Medical treatment for Covid-19 patients will be provided for free here and nutritious meals will be provided for free as well. This facility, being launched with 80 doctors, will work round-the-clock,” said Ritu Maheshwari, chief executive officer of the authority.

Officials said that funds to set up the hospital were provided by the Adani Group and Earnst & Young, while a Delhi based NGO – Doctors For You (DFY) – has provided the doctors, said the authority.

Besides the 80 doctors, the DFY will also provide adequate supporting medical staff to run this facility smoothly.

Officials said the numbers of doctors and other staff will be increased as per need in the future.

The authority said it will ensure 100 oxygen cylinders are available at this facility for emergency use.

As per a statement, Dr Roshni Wadhwan, the centre’s coordinator can be reached on 98181 55802, while Dr Ashok deputy, chief medical officer for Gautam Budh Nagar district, who has been appointed as the nodal officer for this facility, can be reached at 79850 22163.

Each bed has been barricaded, said officials.

“If the patient’s condition becomes serious and he or she has to be referred to any other hospital, an ambulance service will be provided free of cost,” said Maheshwari.