West Bengal: Darjeeling health dept ramps up health infra to tackle COVID-19 third wave ANI | Updated: Jun 27, 2021 17:45 IST
By Tarak Sarkar
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): Amid the possibility of a third COVID-19 after the emergence of the Delta Plus variant, the Darjeeling district health department is ramping up the healthcare infrastructure to combat the third wave, which may affect the children.
Dr Sandip Sengupta, Dean, Student Affairs, North Bengal Medical College (NBMC) said that elaborate arrangement had been made to increase the beds, especially at the pediatric ward. The administration has also prepared the first 28-bedded safe home for the children. Doctors appealed to the people to take Covid vaccines to fight against Covid-19 as they believe that this will help to reduce the number of Covid cases especially when the third wave is approaching, he said.