PUNE: The
Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) has decided to convert its school into a 100-bed
Covid care centre (CCC) for institutional isolation of asymptomatic Covid-19 positive patients.
The board has also decided to augment the oxygen bed capacity at its general hospital from the existing 70 to 103.
Pramod Kumar Singh, chief executive officer, KCB, said, “The district administration has agreed to provide us doctors and other healthcare workers for the upcoming CCC, which will help us to deal with Covid-19 asymptomatic patients. We come across over 50 positive cases daily.”
“We set up the beds and other equipment at the school on Wednesday. The centre will be utilised once we get the manpower,” Singh added. The KCB is also in the process of starting a six-bed ICU.
“We have purchased necessary equipment and also have a pipeline in the ward. We couldn’t execute the civil work due to paucity of funds. The work order has been passed and the actual civil work will begin from Thursday. We expect to complete the work in the next few days,” Singh said.