G noida west high-rise sets up covid centre

NOIDA: Fearing another wave of Covid-19 in the light of the Omicron variant of the virus, residents of Panchsheel Greens-1 in Greater Noida West have started a Covid care centre in the premises of the society. This is the same centre which was started by the Apartment Owners’ Association (AOA) in March this year to provide oxygen to Covid-infected residents of the society.

“During the second wave of Covid-19, we were not prepared with oxygen supplies and beds in the society. Many of the residents here became critical due to lack of beds and oxygen. We do not want a repeat of the same and hence decided to restart the Covid care centre and keep it ready in case of any emergency as a precautionary measure,” said Vikas Vashisht, president of Panchsheel Greens-1 AOA.

“The centre has five beds, two 100 litre-capacity oxygen cylinders, three 7-litre capacity oxygen concentrators, PPE kits, hand sanitisers, face shields, face masks, oximeters, hand gloves and wheel chair,” said Anurag Mathur, vice president of the AOA. A resident, who is a general physician at a private hospital in Greater Noida west, will be providing medical assistance at the centre. All the facilities are free of cost for the residents.

“We will be conducting an audit of all residents to find out how many are fully vaccinated and how many are still left. We have appealed to all the residents to get both shots of Covid-19 vaccine soon,” said Mathur.

District magistrate Suhas L Y said, “The AOAs can take initiative inside the societies for the well-being of the residents as they deem fit.”