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URL copied COVID-dedicated DRDO hospital with 500 beds opens in Lucknow The crisis of hospital facilities in Lucknow will ease to an extent on Wednesday when the 500-bed makeshift Covid hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Awadh Shilpgram on Shaheed Path becomes operational. The hospital will start functioning almost a fortnight after DRDO stepped in to set up the facility at the instance of Lucknow MP and defence minister Rajnath Singh. With the addition of 500 beds, the city will now have 7,000 beds for Covid patients, though most of them are occupied. DRDO director Narendra Kumar Arya said, The makeshift hospital at Awadh Shilpgram in Lucknow will be operational from Wednesday noon. The hospital has the capacity of 500 beds, including 150 ICU and 350 general beds which are also equipped with oxygen. ....
Covid dedicated DRDO hospital opens in Lucknow By IANS | Published on Wed, May 5 2021 11:57 IST | 4 Views Yogi defeated on the front by beating Corona, inspected DRDO hospital. Image Source: IANS News Lucknow, May 5 : The crisis of hospital facilities in Lucknow will ease to an extent on Wednesday when the 500-bed makeshift Covid hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Awadh Shilpgram on Shaheed Path becomes operational. The hospital will start functioning almost a fortnight after DRDO stepped in to set up the facility at the instance of Lucknow MP and defence minister Rajnath Singh. With the addition of 500 beds, the city will now have 7,000 beds for Covid patients, though most of them are occupied. ....
Representative image LUCKNOW: With the Covid-19 second wave continuing its lethal run, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to set up a 1,000-bed hospital in Lucknow, which recorded 6,598 cases in the last 24 hours. Lucknow MP and Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh has pitched in to stem the crisis in his constituency and directed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to help set up the facility. The Defence Expo-2020 site at Vrindavan Yojana next to Shaheed Path, has been identified for this project. Sources said, DRDO teams reached the state capital late Friday and hit the ground running to set up at least three makeshift hospitals. The government also swiftly acquired the Haj House on Kanpur Road and Golden Blossom Resort on Faizabad Road for converting them into temporary Covid hospitals. Another 16 private hospitals have agreed to treat Covid patients, giving an additional 450 beds, of which 40 have ICU facilities. ....