Pune Cantonment Board to soon add 10 ICU, 40 oxygen beds at its facility

PUNE: The Pune Cantonment Board has decided to add 10 ICU beds and 40 oxygen- supported beds at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cantonment Board General hospital in the coming weeks.
The board has taken the decision in view of the increasing need for oxygen and ICU beds.
Amit Kumar, chief executive officer, PCB, said, “We will provide new beds at a new building where we have already provided 10 ICU beds last month. Making available ICU and oxygen beds is our priority at the moment. We will rope in doctors and hospitals staff attached to Covid care centres.” Two such centres are vacant at present as most asymptomatic patients prefer home isolation, he said.
The cantonment currently has 10 ICU beds and 80 oxygen-supported beds at the hospital. The army authorities have kept 10 ICU beds reserved for Pune cantonment at the Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences (AICTS), a dedicated Covid health centre for Pune and Khadki garrisons.