Examination hall of Goa Medical College converted into COVID-19 ward, to get another 150 beds ANI | Updated: Apr 30, 2021 17:44 IST
By Anil Sanadi
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 30 (ANI): In view of the prevailing pandemic situation, examination Hall of Goa Medical College has been converted into a COVID-19 ward and it will have another 150 beds to the overall facility.
In a tweet, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said: Examination Hall of Goa Medical College has been converted into #COVID19 ward, that will add another 150 beds to the overall facility.
Sawant and State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today inspected the facility, which will take shape in a record period of time.
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Without taking names, State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday slammed Goa MLAs and Ministers for exerting pressure on health department officials and government doctors to prematurely discharge UK returnees from institutional isolation facilities.
Rane said that he had given specific instructions to senior health department officials, including Health Secretary Amit Satija, to strictly follow the SOPs devised for the 979 persons who are in isolation or quarantine facilities after their return from the UK, before the flight ban came into force.