Covid-19 teaches Indian armed forces new lessons in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Thu, May 13 2021 01:30:16 PM
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, May 13: The Indian armed forces earned international accolades when they reached to people in distress from Indonesia to Sri Lanka during the infamous Asian Tsunami of 2004.
As an undersea earthquake triggered mammoth waves that devastated long stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline, Indian warships rose to the occasion providing HADR to people well beyond India s maritime borders.
But the second wave of Covid-19 have by a wide margin, dwarfed the HADR demands of the Asian Tsunami. At a time when millions have been literally gasping for breath, the armed forces have fanned out far beyond India s borders on a HADR mission that has no precedence.
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ITBP COVID centre with 500 oxygen-beds starts in Delhi; 123 admitted so far
The border guarding force has been designated by the Union Home Ministry as the nodal agency to run it.
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ITBP personnel and health workers inside the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre and Hospital in New Delhi Saturday June 27 2020. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
NEW DELHI: A COVID care centre with 500 oxygen-supported beds run by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) began functioning in Delhi from Monday with the admission of 123 patients, officials said.
The facility named Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID Care Centre (SPCCC) has been opened in view of Delhi registering a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, shortage of oxygen beds and its healthcare system creaking under the pressure.