13 Army hospitals to deal with virus

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 4

The Army has dedicated its 13 hospitals located across the country exclusively for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. These include military hospitals at Patiala and Palampur.

The collective capacity of these facilities is 3000 beds with about 370 intensive care and high dependency units.

Among these are Base Hospital at Lucknow and military hospitals at Pune, Ahmedabad, Belgaum, Golconda, Jhansi, Nasirabad, Sagaur, Jodhpur, Panagarh, Shillong, Patiala and Palampur.

The Army has also earmarked separate portions for Covid-19 patients in 29 other hospitals across the Country with a collective capacity of over 4,500 beds, including over 750 intensive care or high dependency units.

These 29 hospitals will continue to treat other patients as well. These hospital facilities include those available at Ambala, Amritsar, base hospital in Delhi, Yol (HP), Ferozepore, Pathankot, Agra, Mathura, Meerut, Roorkie, Udhampur, Srinagar, Leh, Ganganagar, Ahmednagar, Babina, Raipur, Pune, Devlali, Kamptee, Secunderabad, Wellington, Base Hospital Barrackpore, Bengdubi, Tenga, Likabali, Allahabad, Lucknow and Danapur.

At present, around 1,300 persons are lodged in six quarantine facilities in Mumbai, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Hindon, Manesar and Chennai.