Pune: Baner jumbo unit to reopen from Monday

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will reopen the Covid-19 jumbo treatment facility at Baner from Monday. The facility will begin admitting patients once again after a halt of around a week.
“The updation of the facility is underway. It is almost complete and now we will start admitting patients. The decision on the admission will be taken based on the condition of the patients. Those patients, who are in need of O2 beds, will be prioritized,” said Kunal Khemnar, additional commissioner of PMC.
He added that patients requiring the ICU facility will not be taken in immediately. The patients currently under treatment at this facility will be shifted to the ICU, if needed.
The civic body had to stop taking new patients at the Baner facility after the appointed agency expressed its inability to operate the facility. The new agency has now been appointed.
As per Khemnar, the pharmacy section has been improved while the bio-medical engineer is carrying out further checks. Once the checks are completed, the facility will be ready.
“Apart from new admissions, even patients from Sassoon hospital will be taken in at this facility. The oxygen supply system at Sassoon hospital is under repair. So, admission of new patients has been restricted. Some of these patients will be asked to take admission at the Baner facility,” he said.