LG Baijal inaugurates 10,000-bedded COVID facility, 21 patients admitted
NEW DELHI: 21 COVID-19 patients were admitted to the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre and Hospital (SPCCCH) at the South Delhi campus of Radha Soami Satsang Beas after Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Sunday inaugurated the 10,000-bedded facility for mild and moderate Coronavirus patients, which will be manned by doctors, nurses and paramedics from the Indo-tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
While the first 2,000 beds of the facility have been made functional with 170 doctors and specialists and over 700 nurses and paramedics from the ITBP, the facility saw its first patients getting admitted after LG Baijal officially opened the facility. According to officials in the South Delhi district administrations, all patients admitted to the facility so far are from the South District and have been admitted here on the recommendation of the District Surveillance Officer. However, they said the facility will be linked up with DSOS of all 11 districts in the city and will receive patients from all of Delhi. They said all patients are in a stable condition and are between the ages of 20-50 with a few of them having mild comorbidities.
While inaugurating the facility, LG Baijal said it will play a crucial role in the fight against the pandemic. “Advised to keep special focus on severely ill patients and if required, shift them to dedicated Covid hospitals. Instructed SDMC to ensure cleanliness and sanitation at the centre. Management of Covid centre by ITBP is greatly appreciated,” he said in a tweet. Meanwhile, the ITBP, in a statement said, “The total bed capacity at the centre may go up to 10,200, making it the largest COVID-19 care facility in India so far,” adding that it is also the “largest such facility envisaged worldwide”. ITBP Director General SS Deswal, who attended the inauguration ceremony, said a team of counsellors and psychiatrists will also be present at the facility to help those who are stressed or traumatised due to the coronavirus outbreak. A recreational centre has also been made available for patients along with a library, board games, skipping ropes, etc. They will be provided five healthy meals a day along with immunity-boosting chyawanprash, juices and hot kadha. Also, a private company is undertaking the responsibility to install Wifi services at the facility as part of their CSR efforts.