500-bed Covid hospital opened in Srinagar

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 12

A 500-bed Covid Hospital at Khonmoh, Srinagar, has become operational. Funded through the PM Cares, it has been set-up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in just 17 days.

This Covid facility includes 125 ICU beds with ventilators, of which 25 are exclusively reserved for children. Continuous oxygen supply is available for all 500 beds from 62-kilolitre liquid medical oxygen storage tanks. Hospital management and doctors and para-medical staff to run the facility are provided by the administration. The hospital is centrally airconditioned with cooling provision for summers and heating during winters to maintain comfortable environment.

There is a separate block for doctors and para-medical staff. Proper fire exits in case of emergency, provision of steel structure shed having inside for mortuary and parking facility for vehicles have also been provided at the centre.