KANNUR: In the backdrop of the Covid-19 threat,
Tata Group will set up special hospital in Kasaragod, which could handle such emergency situations. The facility would be set up at Thekkil village in Chemmanad panchayat, and the expert team including engineers visited the site, said district collector D Sajith Babu, on Tuesday.
The hospital will have 540 isolation beds, and other facilities, apart from quarantine facility for 450.
The district collector said the hospital will come up in the next few months.
In his
Facebook post, the collector said the hospital is a gift from chief minister
Pinarayi Vijayan and revenue minister E Chandrasekharan.
Tata Group would develop this facility using its
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund but the finer details are yet to be formulated, he said.
The structure would be built using prefabricated construction technology. The collector also sought the support of the local civil contractors to help level the 15 acres of land identified for this purpose.