Chandigarh: To help state governments in the combat towards coronavirus, the Army’s Western Command has set up three 100-bed hospitals in Chandigarh, Faridabad and Patiala.
These hospitals have been set up underneath the Indian Army’s ‘Operation Namaste’, launched in March this 12 months to insulate the 1.3 million-strong power from coronavirus and prolong all doable help in containing the pandemic.
Lieutenant General R P Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief , Western Command, on Monday introduced the operationalisation of the primary 100-bedded COVID Hospital at a hostel for worldwide college students in Panjab University. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Bandore was current on the event.
The different 100-bed amenities have been set up at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College in Haryana’s Faridabad and Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab.
These might be made operational on May 11 and 12, respectively, a defence launch mentioned right here.
Lieutenant General R P Singh highlighted the efforts put in by each the Indian Army and the civil administration in the early operationalisation of those hospitals.
He assured governments of each states and the Chandigarh Administration of assist in the combat towards COVID 19.
These hospitals have been set up on a battle footing, having the capability to accommodate and deal with gentle to reasonable patients, the discharge mentioned.
The Army’s Western Command has deployed its docs, nursing officers and paramedics for a holistic therapy of patients as per ICMR tips, it mentioned.
The civil administration is facilitating important facilities, service administration, uninterrupted oxygen provide and ambulance companies at these hospitals.
The admission to those hospitals might be open to all residents and coordinated by chief medical officers (CMOs).
Patients requiring larger grade of therapy might be shifted to different hospitals, coordinated by the CMO as per availability of ICU amenities.
In a latest digital meet between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Lt Gen RP Singh, the CM had shared his considerations over the rising COVID circumstances, particularly in
the foremost cities of Punjab and had sought the Western Command’s help to handle the disaster.
The Army Commander, as per the discharge, had assured the chief minister of all doable help inside the institutional capability of the Western Command.
Consequent to the digital meet with the Punjab chief minister and requests obtained from different states, the Western Command had mentioned it’s in the method of setting up numerous COVID-related amenities.
Apart from contributing 108 docs, 14 nursing officers and 205 paramedics in numerous hospitals set up by the DRDO, the Western Command had earlier mentioned it’ll even be setting up 100-bed COVID hospitals at Chandigarh, Patiala and Faridabad.
