An isolation ward containing six beds has been set up at NDMC-run Charak Palika Hospital in Moti Bagh for coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. The civic body has also kept 156 beds on standby to tackle any unprecedented situation.
In view of the corona virus pandemic, NDMC has kept six beds in isolation ward specially created for any emergency at the hospital, a senior NDMC official said.
The official said that the civic body has also equipped Charak Palika Hospital with three ventilators and four monitor beds. There are also six beds of high dependency Unit (HDU) category available in the hospital, he said.
Paramedical staff such as nurses, technicians, ward boys etc is doing round the clock their duties, he said, adding that ambulance services are outsourced and put on standby at Charak Palika Hospital, NDMC headquarter and Maternity Hospital to deal with any emergency situation.
“Medicines and other emergency drugs are available for casualty and indoor patients in adequate quantities. All 13 allopathic dispensaries are also opened between 8.30 am to 4 pm for the general public to avail any medical facility, he said.
The civic body has already converted 240 EWS (Economic Weaker Section) flats at Bakkarwala into isolation ward for people suspected of coronavirus infection at a mosque in Nizamuddin. It had also carried out a massive sanitation drive around flats at Bakkarwala.
NDMC, in order to fight against the corona virus crisis keep sanitizing identified vegetable markets, mother dairies booths, taxi stands, bus stands, health care centers, institutional and residential colonies areas of the New Delhi such as Chankyapuri, Khan Market , Laxmibai Nagar , C - Hexagon area near India Gate , Moti Bagh , Sarojini Nagar and other residential colonies, he added.