Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is going to launch 3 Covid Centres in Gurgaon probably on Sunday and Monday. The capacity of the Covid Centres is over 500 beds.
As per officials, the three Covid Centres are positioned at Sector 67, Tau Devi Lal Stadium, and the Government Girls College in Sector 14.
Yash Garg the Deputy Commissioner said “In Tau Devi Lal Stadium, with the help of Vedanta Group, a 100-bed temporary hospital has been set up, of which 80 are oxygen beds and 20 are ICU beds. The medical equipment has been provided by Vedanta Group while the staff is from an NGO called Doctors for You. Apart from this, doctors from the Civil Surgeon’s Office will also be deployed here,”
He added that “Similarly, a 300-bed Covid Care Center has been set up in Sector 67 as a result of the joint efforts of M3M, CII, Indian Air Force, and NGO Doctors foryou. Infrastructure and operation support at this centre will be provided by M3M, CII and Indian Air Force while doctors will again be provided by Doctors for you,”
As Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will be inaugurating the two facilities today, the third Covid Care Centre setup by Hero group, having a of 100 beds will be inaugurated on Monday.
As stated by Yash Garg “The hospital has been set up in the college auditorium and has 100 oxygen beds. The requirement for oxygen will be fulfilled by the district administration, but the Hero Group has also made arrangements for 100 oxygen concentrators. Hero Group and Doctors for You will also collaborate to arrange doctors and medicines for the facility, under the supervision of the Civil Surgeon’s Office,”
He added “Cleanliness and disposal of biomedical waste at these three Covid care Centres will be the responsibility of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the security will be handled by Gurgaon Police. The volunteers of Gurujal Society and Civil Defense will also cooperate in the operation of these Centres and if a patient becomes serious, there will be a system to shift them from these Centres to hospitals,”
In last few days a marginal fall has been witnessed in Covid cases in Gurgaon.The region is still witnessing more than 1,500 Covid cases daily. Currently there are 27,986 active Covid cases in Gurgaon out of which 25,961 are kept in home isolation.
As the Covid cases are declining, the availability of beds in hospitals is getting improved. According to the web portal, more than 200 unoccupied oxygen beds and 65 ICU beds were available at 10 am in the Sunday morning. Unfortunately, there is still shortage of ventilator beds in the hospitals in Gurgaon.
