50-bed COVID-19 care centre to set up at Ludhiana s Sant Ishar Singh Memorial Hospital ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 08:36 IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India] May 12 (ANI): To augment the health infrastructure especially in the rural hinterland which has been witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 infections, the district administration on Tuesday stated that a 50-bedded Covid Care Centre will start its operations at Sant Ishar Singh Memorial Hospital, Ludhiana from May 14 onwards.
This centre is being set up to combat the devastating second wave of pandemic effectively.
Inspecting the building and other requisite health facilities in the hospital, Deputy CommissionerVarinder Kumar Sharma accompanied by ADC (D) Sandeep Kumar, SDM Payal Mankanwal Chahal, Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia Gill, Senior Congress leader Gurdev Singh Lapran said that this hospital building is an ideal place for starting COVID-19 care centre and will have 50 oxygen beds level-I and