Biggest hospital for Covid-19 patients to be open by April 1

The construction work of the country’s biggest hospital for treating Covid-19 patient is going on in full-swing in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar and the facility will be ready for operation by April 1.

Top officials of the state government, including chief secretary Asit Tripathy, health secretary Nikunja Dhal and 5-T secretary V.K. Pandian on Sunday visited the sites of the hospital.

Known as special Covid-19 Hospital, the facility will have 1000 beds – 500 beds at KIIMS Hospital and another 500 beds at Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital – Bhubaneswar.

“In order to provide good healthcare services to Covid-19 patients, Odisha is building the country’s Special Covid19 hospital. This will be operational within the stipulated seven days. Top officials of the state government-supervised and reviewed the progress of the construction work,” chief minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted on Sunday.

The chief minister who had announced the decision for construction of the hospital on March 26 evening also tagged in his Twitter handle pictures the new hospital beds and top officials supervising the construction work.

By Sunday afternoon, the number of Covid-19 patients remained at three.

According to a health government official communication, as many as 297 samples were tested by Sunday afternoon. Of the 294 tested negative for Covid-19.

At least 56 persons were under hospital isolation in different hospitals while more than 78,000 migrant workers who returned from highrisk Covid-19 states remained under home isolation.

Similarly, 4209 people with travel history abroad and 4061 persons with domestic travel history have registered with the state government’s designated coronavirus website and 104 helpline number for home quarantine.

Meanwhile, amid the lockdown for Coronavirus, the Odisha government has also sounded heat wave alert in the state.