The Delhi Government has set up a fully-equipped 100 bed portable integrated care centre at the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area, in a bid to increase the capacity of healthcare infrastructure in Delhi. The care centre was inaugurated by Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain on the occasion of the college’s centenary celebrations on Tuesday. Jain said that this hospital would be beneficial for the people living in nearby areas. “The care centre includes 18 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds along with 82 oxygen beds. This facility also has its own oxygen PSA plant of 250 litres per minute (LPM) and the aim of the Government is to increase the capacity of health infrastructure in hospitals in Delhi keeping in mind the situation that had surfaced in the past due to the surge in Covid cases in Delhi,” said an official. Jain said the hospital had been set up to deal with pandemics like Covid-19 in the future.
“This centre was initially built to serve as beds for Covid-19 patients but considering the fact that number of Covid cases in Capital is low and under control at moment, the Delhi Government still wants to be fully prepared for any possible surge in cases in the future,” said Jain. “We have decided to maintain this healthcare centre instead of dismantling it. The Unani Tibbia College shall maintain its administration so it may be used during any future crisis that may arise. All the beds have been equipped with oxygen cylinders, moreover, ventilators have been provided for all the ICU beds,” said Jain.
Jain tweeted pictures from the programme and said, this facility will "aid in increasing the bed capacity in case of any crisis."Dr RK Manchanda (Director AYUSH) said that this facility shall also be used as a research centre for integrated research of Ayurveda and Unani in collaboration with modern medical science.