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New Delhi :Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on April 24, 2021, visited the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre (SPCCC) at Chhatarpur, New Delhi, and oversaw the restarting of the Covid Care Centre and addition of 500 oxygenated beds. The present facility would ease the burden on Delhi’s existing health infrastructure to deal with the unprecendented surge in daily new Covid-19 cases.
Reiterating the collective resolve of the Union Government, Dr Vardhan said, “As during last year, the Centre is working through a “Whole of Government” approach where we are pooling all resources to ramp up three categories of infrastructure for effective management of Covid-19”.
The Union Health Minister visited the Covid Care Centre to oversee its re-operationalisation through addition of 500 oxygen supported beds. He also reviewed the status of Covid-19 management at the Centre. He was informed that the capacity will be augmented to 1,000 in another week and thereafter swiftly to accommodate 1,500 and finally to 2,000 beds.
The Chhatarpur Centre is being adequately quipped with medical facilities which include ten Dedicated Basic Care Life Support Ambulances, X-Ray, Oxygen Cylinders, Bi PHASIC Defibrillator complete, Pulse Oxymeters, Suction Machines and BI PAP machine along with other medical equipment. At the healthcare facility, in-house psychological counselling and psychiatry services will be provided by trained counsellors. Telemedicine support will also be provided by Referral Hospital, ITBP. ITBP has already dispatched a team of 40 well qualified medical doctors who would be joined by a team of 120 expert para-medics. The Facility is expected to start by April 25, 2021, according to a PIB release.
The “Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre” has been developed at RadhaSoami Satsang Beas (RSSB) in Chhatarpur, Delhi, as part of coordinated efforts of the Centre through DRDO and ITBP to augment the COVID clinical treatment infrastructure in New Delhi. The Centre, which got closed down,has been restarted now that cases have been increasing in the Capital.
Dr Vardhan took a round of the facility and interacted with the DRDO personnel and the ITBP doctors and paramedics who will be manning the facility. He expressed satisfaction at the level of preparedness of the Covid Centre. He commended their dedication and attention to details towards adequate preparedness at the Covid Care Centre. “This shall substantially segment the existing facilities for treatment of mild Covid patients and help reduce the pressure on the hospitals,” he stated. He added that the country is passing through a very serious second wave. The Union Government is supporting the States and UTs through all possible recourses, he said.
The Union Health Minister took the opportunity to reiterate the importance of taking the COVID vaccination on one’s turn, following the COVID Appropriate Behaviour, and to adopt the “Social Vaccine” – “Do Gajki Doori”.