Hansraj college offer to turn hostel into 100 bed Covid-19 health facility centre
Delhi University’s Hansraj College has decided to offer its hostel to set a Covid-19 health facility with 100 beds.
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UPDATED: May 12, 2021 10:07 IST
Delhi University’s Hansraj College has decided to offer it’s hostel to set a Covid-19 health facility with 100 beds.
Delhi University’s Hansraj College has decided to offer its hostel to set a Covid-19 health facility with 100 beds for patients suffering from Covid-19.
An RT-PCR testing centre has also been set up at the college. Testing will begin there from today, i.e., May 12, 2021.
Hansraj College has offered its hostel for setting up a 100-bed health facility for COVID-19 patients.
An RT-PCR testing centre has also been set up at the college and will start functioning from Wednesday, its principal Rama Sharma said. Hansraj College , University of Delhi has always come forward and stood by the country whenever the need has arisen. Hansraj College has a hostel that caters to 200 residents. We are ready to offer the space with your support that can be converted into 100 ICU facility as the Covid patients are not getting hospital beds and that is causing anxiety, she said in a letter to Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other officials on May 9.
Arushi Chaddha s father was dying. The oxygen supply of the hospital, like in hospitals across Delhi, was running on fumes. Most people knew, or knew of someone who had died. Her only hope was the kindness of strangers.
On April 23, at 11.30 am, Chaddha posted on Instagram: Lungs damaged. Oxygen level dropped to 70. Hospital is refusing to keep my father for more than a couple of hours due to the shortage of medical oxygen. My father will die.
In a short while, her DM was inundated with messages offering leads. One such message was from Suhail Shetty, who took down Chaddha s details and made several phone calls to his friends and relatives to get an oxygen concentrator. On April 25, at 2.20 am, he managed to arrange one.
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