Chandigarh Administration allows mini-Covid care centre to close down

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 11

In view of a sharp decline in the number of Covid-19 patients, the UT Administration has allowed a mini-Covid care centre to shut down.

In a letter to Yashpal Garg, nodal officer for mini-Covid care centres, Tanu Mehtani, chair, Rotary Satellite Club, Chandigarh, sought permission to close the mini-Covid care centre at the community centre in Sector 47 with effect from June 11 and hand over the premises to the Municipal Corporation by June 14 due to a decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in the city.

Meanwhile, the UT Administration has allowed the remaining six mini-Covid care centres to operate till June 30. It could be further extended after a review in the next 10 days, said Garg.

He, however, said: “Any mini-Covid care centre may stop operations anytime. The centre can shut operations preferably after all patients are discharged or after transfer of patients to other mini-Covid care centre.”

With a total capacity of 292 beds, only 67 patients are undergoing treatment at the five such centres.

It is pertinent to mention here that keeping in view the increasing number of Covid cases, the UT Administration gave a clarion call for setting up mini-Covid care centres voluntarily by any individual, association, voluntary organisation, NGO, religious organisation, corporate, firm, or Trust for asymptomatic Covid patients. Stay, food, medicines and every other facility in the centre to be provided free of cost and as such nothing will be charged from the patients.