RWAs of city’s 4 big condos set up Covid care facility

Gurgaon: In what may help relieve some pressure on the city’s overwhelmed healthcare system, RWAs of four big condominiums in Gurgaon have pooled in resources to develop a Covid care facility equipped with vital oxygen supply amid a ferocious second wave of Covid-19.
RWAs of Grand Arch, Skyon, Uptown and Victory Valley have joined hands to set up the 10-bed facility in Sector 60 for the residents of the condominiums as well as their domestic staff.
The facility will help patients who are pre-symptomatic, asymptomatic or in urgent need of medical attention. There are about 2,500 families residing in these four condominiums and over 2,000 domestic staff work here.
Pranav Kumar, president of Uptown Condominium Owners’ Welfare Association, said, “We have started the 10-bed facility at a nursery school. There will be nursing staff and a panel of doctors who will be available for the tele-consultation. If required, they will visit the facility. Also if the need arises, we will also increase the bed capacity. This is a transit facility for the emergency cases till the time the patient gets a hospital bed.”
The facility is equipped with oxygen cylinders and concentrators, PPE kits, oximeters, basic medicines, and an ambulance service, the RWAs say.
Rahul Dahiya, general secretary of Skyon Condominium Owners’ Welfare Association, said, “The current healthcare infrastructure in the city is completely overwhelmed and is not sufficient to meet the demand. We have a large number of residents in these four condominiums, along with our staff members, and considering their healthcare needs, we have pooled in resources together and set up this facility.”
“Though we have already started a round-the-clock ambulance service and arranged few oxygen concentrators for the residents at Skyon, which has helped us tackle five to six Covid cases, we decided to make a collective effort so that our residents can take advantage of the infrastructure and resources at our disposal,” he added.