Srinagar: With the growing numbers of COVID-19 optimistic sufferers throughout the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, persons are discovering it troublesome to get a hospital mattress in state-run hospitals. In this hour of want, the Indian Army has come to the rescue of the administration. They have arrange a 250 mattress COVID hospital in Srinagar’s Rangret space.
A facility contained in the army camp has been established with a capability of greater than 250 beds. The hospital has ICU and HDU services accessible with 7 docs and 35 paramedical workers.
”We at Chinar Corp need to inform the folks of Kashmir that we’re with you in the combat towards the COVID. Whatever is feasible, we’ll do it. We have a state well being division with us and now we have established this facility with ICU beds, HDU, X-ray and a laboratory. The technique of admission is easy. Health companies will refer the sufferers and we’ll take them in,” stated S Seth, Brigadier, Indian Army.
Around 3500 optimistic instances of COVID have been reported in the Union Territory each day making it very troublesome for the hospitals. However, this step will ease out numerous stress on the state well being division.
“This hospital is a three way partnership between the army and division of well being. Almost all hospitals in the UT are full so in this case, this three way partnership goes to ease the stress from many hospitals. We have an ICU ward with 20 ventilators. Each and each ventilator counts, every mattress counts. We are able to obtain the sufferers,” stated Dr Mudasir Ahmad.
The Army had established the identical facility final 12 months when the pandemic had began. But at the moment solely asymptomatic sufferers have been taken into this facility.
