ITBP COVID centre with 500 oxygen-beds starts in Delhi; over 110 admitted

April 26, 2021 21:26

A COVID care centre with 500 oxygen-supported beds run by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police began functioning in Delhi from Monday with the admission of at least 110 patients, officials said.

The facility named Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID Care Centre has been opened in view of Delhi registering a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, shortage of oxygen beds and its healthcare system creaking under the pressure.

The facility is located at the Radha Soami Beas campus in Chhattarpur area of south Delhi.

The border guarding force has been designated by the Union Home Ministry as the nodal agency to run it.

"The SPCCC has started functioning. About 110 patients have been admitted till now," ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said.

According to the laid out procedure, there will be no walk-in admissions to the centre. Admission at this centre will be made after approval by district surveillance officers in Delhi.

The ITBP has said that treatment at this centre will be free of cost.

-- PTI

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