New Delhi: The Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr G Satheesh Reddy on Tuesday (April 20) introduced that the work to set up a 450-bed hospital in Lucknow, a 750-bed hospital in Varanasi and a 900-bed hospital in Ahmedabad is happening in full swing, amid the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 circumstances.
The defence ministry assertion in its assertion revealed that the development of COVID-19 care hospital at Awadh Shilp Gram in Lucknow is on a battle footing. The officers on Tuesday stated that the ability can have ICU wards with ventilators together with oxygen beds as nicely for COVID-19 sufferers.
Pucca construction is getting used to construct the wards of the hospital, which has all state-of-the-art medical services underneath one roof.
DRDO has additionally set up a facility in New Delhi, which has all oxygen beds, numerous ventilators, zero prices, fundamental testing services and air-conditioning, as per WHO requirements, is freed from price.
DRDO has additionally developed SpO2 (Blood Oxygen Saturation) supplemental Oxygen Delivery which can be utilized for reasonable COVID sufferers for oxygen circulation remedy and troopers posted at excessive high-altitude areas.Â
Meanwhile, India registered 2,59,170 new COVID-19 circumstances and 1,761 deaths in the final 24 hours, the information by the Union Health Ministry confirmed on Tuesday (April 20, 2021) morning.
The COVID-19 state of affairs in India has been worsening amid the second wave of coronavirus infections. For the previous 4 days, the nation has been reporting in extra of two lakh coronavirus infections and over 1,000 associated deaths each day.
(With Agency inputs)
