With the decline in Covid-19 cases in the national Capital, the Delhi Government-run LNJP Hospital now has zero patients admitted at facility. This has happened for first time since March 2020. "All the Covid-19 patients of the third wave have been successfully treated and discharged from LNJP Hospital. For first time since March 2020, zero patients of Covid-19 are admitted in hospital.
Salute to entire medical fraternity for their dedicated service," Satyendra Jain, Delhi’s Health Minister tweeted. The first case of Covid-19 in Delhi was reported in March 2020 and since then British-era hospital, which is largest facility of the city Government, has been at forefront of fight against pandemic in national Capital. The hospital staff treated domestic patients as well as those from foreign countries in three successive waves, the last being fuelled by the Omicron variant. The hospital has 2,000 beds and was first to be turned into a Coronavirus facility soon after first case of Covid-19 was reported in early March.
During the second wave, Covid-19 patients from UK were treated while during the third wave, many from South Africa and other countries received treatment at the facility. During second brutal wave, scenes of distressed family members seeking a bed at hospitals had become a common sight. The LNJP Hospital also was heavily burdened, but doctors still tried to lend whatever medical support they could to such patients who could not get a bed in order to give them a chance for survival. The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on decline after touching record high of 28,867 on January 13.