2 more pvt hospitals start Covid care centre

Ludhiana: Two more private hospitals have started Covid care centres on their premises from Monday. These include 25-bedded centre at Verma Super Speciality Hospital near the DMCH and 10-bedded centre at Arora Neuro Centre on Mall Road here.
Deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Rakesh Kumar Agrawal on Monday visited both hospitals and thanked the hospital managements for assisting the district administration in this hour of need.
Varinder Kumar Sharma assured the residents that there is no shortage of beds for Covid treatment in the district. He said that people should not panic and check the status of vacant beds through the mobile app “HBMS Punjab” or on official web links “https://ludhiana.nic.in/notice/covid-19-bed-status-in-ludhiana-district" or “www.hbmspunjab.in". He said that data of all private hospitals providing Covid treatment has been added on the mobile app as well as on the web links.
Commissioner of police Rakesh Kumar Agrawal said that the Covid care centre capacity at Verma Super Speciality Hospital could be extended to 40 beds in the coming days as per the requirement. He said that this facility has seven level 2 beds and 18 level 3 beds. He said that he is hopeful that more private hospitals would start Covid treatment in the coming few days.
ADC (development)-cum-nodal officer Covid Sandeep Kumar was also present on the occasion.