Navy to step up services to fight COVID
Updated:
Updated:
More medical equipment, testing kits flown in from S. Korea, EU, Japan
Share Article
More medical equipment, testing kits flown in from S. Korea, EU, Japan
Calling the current COVID situation “probably the biggest humanitarian challenge” the country faced till date since Independence, Navy Chief Adm Karambir Singh, in a message to the naval fraternity, said the pandemic is spreading to rural areas and they are in need of help.
“All our teams are putting their shoulder to the wheel to support the national effort. But my belief is that we can do even more and our contribution is going to increase in the coming days,” Adm. Singh said in a video message. “Our outlying units could adopt a village and render assistance just like
Indian Navy sets up Covid Care Centre in Odisha s Khurda
By IANS |
Published on
Fri, May 7 2021 21:18 IST |
20 Views
New Delhi, May 7 : The Indian Navy has established a Covid Care Centre in Odisha s Khurda district for treatment of people from the deadly virus.
Set up at training establishment, INS Chilka, under the aegis of Naval Officer-in- Charge of Odisha, the 150 bed isolation centre with additional 15 beds with oxygen facility at INHS Nivarini, the naval hospital, is all geared up for treating mild symptomatic Covid patients.
Dedicated doctors and paramedical staff from the district, along with personnel from the station community, will be functioning 24x7 at the Covid Care Centre to provide adequate facilities and care to all its patients.
3 Navy warships on way to Mumbai from Persian Gulf with oxygen
Thu, May 06 2021 08:01:42 PM
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS): Three Indian Navy warships INS Kochi, INS Tabar and INS Trikand are currently enroute Mumbai as part of the Operation Samudra Setu-II ferrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and associated medical equipment from the Persian Gulf to strengten India s fight against the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
INS Kochi and INS Tabar departed Kuwait while INS Trikand left from Doha on Thursday, carrying a total of seven 20-tonne liquid oxygen tanks and 1,400 oxygen cylinders.
INS Kolkata and INS Airavat are already enroute from Kuwait and Singapore, respectively, with more than 4,000 oxygen cylinders, two 20 MT oxygen filled containers and eight oxygen tanks.
Three Navy warships on way to Mumbai from Persian Gulf with oxygen
IANS / Updated: May 6, 2021, 21:27 IST
Kochi, INS Tabar and INS Trikand are currently enroute
Mumbai as part of the Operation Samudra Setu-II ferrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and associated medical equipment from the Persian Gulf to strengten India s fight against the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
INS Kochi and INS Tabar departed
Kuwait while INS Trikand left from Doha on Thursday, carrying a total of seven 20-tonne liquid oxygen tanks and 1,400 oxygen cylinders.
INS Kolkata and INS Airavat are already enroute from Kuwait and Singapore, respectively, with more than 4,000 oxygen cylinders, two 20 MT oxygen filled containers and eight oxygen tanks.