World's largest COVID care unit in Delhi consisting 10,000 beds

World's largest, 10,000-bed Sardar Patel's COVID Care Centre and Hospital (SPCCCH) at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chhatarpur area was made operational in the national capital.
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, inaugurated the facility has been created on an emergency basis by the South Delhi District Administration with support of the Ministry of Home Affairs in a record time of 10 days.
Notably, this coronavirus treatment centre which is set up in Chhatarpur area of the national capital is said to be the "largest" of its kind in the world."The Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre and Hospital has been developed to help the citizens of Delhi and NCR who are affected by the coronavirus. 
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also visited the DRDO-built Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID19 Hospital in Delhi Cantonment. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy were also present.

The facility will function as an isolation centre for mild and asymptomatic COVID positive patients. 10% of the beds will have oxygen facility in case the patient develops severe breathlessness and requires tertiary hospital care.


Operationally, the facility has been linked to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital and Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital. The referral tertiary care hospitals are Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital.


ITBP will be running the first 2,000 beds with their 170 doctors/specialists and more than 700 nurses and paramedics. Most of the basic infrastructure such as beds, mattresses and linen has been donated by various civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations.

By IGNITED MINDS

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