Coronavirus | DRDO to build two 500-bed COVID hospitals in Jammu and Srinagar
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Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has requested the Jammu and Kashmir administration to instantly establish appropriate areas for setting up the hospitals
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will arrange two 500-bed COVID hospitals in Jammu and Srinagar, officers stated on Wednesday.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, whereas chairing a high-level assembly, reviewed the proposal to arrange the hospitals, they added.
Mr. Bhalla requested the Jammu and Kashmir administration to instantly establish appropriate areas for setting up the hospitals. He additionally requested the DRDO to consider and submit the corresponding proposal estimates by way of a workforce of consultants.
The assembly was knowledgeable that the administration has recognized two patches of land in Jammu and Srinagar for the aim.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Financial Commissioner, Health Atal Dulloo, the Union secretaries of the departments involved and officers from the DRDO, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the AFMS Institute participated in the assembly.
The chief secretary knowledgeable the assembly that the Union Territory has witnessed a constant surge in the variety of COVID-19 sufferers over the previous couple of days.
The present healthcare services are adequately catering to the wants of the sufferers, he stated, including that nonetheless, a continuation of this upward pattern could lead to a scarcity of COVID beds. To efficiently mitigate the shortages in medical services, it was requested that the momentary DRDO COVID hospitals be constructed nicely in time, an official spokesperson stated.
He additional requested that the upcoming hospitals should be outfitted with isolation beds having oxygen assist and 125 fully-equipped ICU beds.
In the previous, the DRDO constructed 1,000-bed momentary COVID hospitals throughout the nation in roughly 12 days every.
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