DRDO’s temp Covid facility to all set for trial run today

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Varanasi: With the arrival of the team of doctors, arrangements of supporting staff and oxygen, the DRDO’s temporary Covid hospital at Amphitheater ground in BHU is all set to go for a trial run on Sunday.
The advanced Covid-19 facility will be known as Pandit Rajan Mishra Covid hospital- on the name of the classical vocalist who died of Covid-19 in Delhi recently. The facility will be supervised by a major general rank officer of Indian Army while VDA vice- chairperson, DCP Kashi and other officials will assist him on the behalf of the local administration.
Talking to TOI on Saturday, the district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that all work in the 250-bed ICU wing of the DRDO’s 75-bed Covid-19 hospital has been finished with the installation of ventilators, high flow nasal cannula and other equipment. Oxygen requirement for this facility has also been arranged while a team of army doctors led by a major general rank officer, who will be chief medical superintendent of the hospital, has also arrived, he said adding that the BHU has also finalized the process of allotting supporting staff.
On the behalf of the district administration, VDA VC Isha Duhan and deputy commissioner of police Kashi zone Amit Kumar have been assigned to the work, said the DM adding that the officials to look after the work of dead body management, issuance of death certificate and other have also been deployed.
The trial run of this ICU wing of the DRDO’s temporary Covid hospital will be conducted on Sunday, said Sharma adding that the temporary hospital will be made operational from Monday when patients, already admitted at Covid facilities of private hospitals will be referred. Other two wings with 500 bed oxygenated beds will also be made functional in coming three-four days.
Beginning of this DRDO’s makeshift hospital will increase the ICU facility up to 500 beds in the district, said the DM. It will also reduce the pressure on hospital providing Covid facilities so far.