Testing facilities, 15,000 beds, military schools to made available if needed, says defence ministry
Current Affairs : With the national exertion against the Covid-19 pandemic being progressively articulated in the talk of a “war”, the service of guard (MoD) declared on Friday the arrangement of extra military clinical and coordinations assets to help government wellbeing specialists.
The MoD said that, notwithstanding six isolate offices the military have just settled at Mumbai, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Hindon, Manesar and Chennai, the military will make accessible High Dependency Units and Intensive Care Unit beds in 51 military emergency clinics the nation over.
“A portion of these offices are situated at Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Dundigal close to Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kanpur, Jaisalmer, Jorhat and Gorakhpur,” said a MoD discharge on Friday.
Moreover, 15 different offices are being saved prepared as backup for use, whenever required,” expressed the barrier service on Friday. Together, these have beds for around 15,000 Covid-19 patients.
Armed force boss General M Naravane has offered in excess of 8,500 specialists and care staff to help the counter Corvid-19 exertion.
As Coronavirus testing gets energy, five viral testing labs at Armed Forces emergency clinics, which are prepared to do Covid-19 testing, have been made piece of the national matrix. “These incorporate Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt; Air Force Command Hospital, Bangalore; Armed Forces Medical College, Pune; Command Hospital, Lucknow and Command Hospital, Udhampur. Six additional emergency clinics are being outfitted in no time with the assets to start Covid-19 testing,” expressed the service.
Aditi Mehta 