Covid centre running out of engineering college in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar to be closed

MYSURU: The decline in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases being reported in the district has set the Chamarajanagar administration thinking of shutting down the 419-bed Bedarapura Covid Care Centre, which was set up at a government engineering college on the outskirts of the Chamarajanagar town.
Currently, only four patients are being treated at the Bedarapura centre, and the district administration is of the opinion that the beds would be better utilised to other hospitals and facilities where Covid-19 patients are being treated.A decision to shut the CCC at Bedarapura is likely to be taken either on Monday or Tuesday.
Chamarajanagar district health officer (DHO) Dr MC Ravi told TOI, “The district administration has recently opened CCCs in Gundlupet, in addition to 30-bed centres in Kabballi and Beguru villages, not to mention the fact that the district hospital can treat up to 100 Covid patients, while there are 60 beds at the Santhemarahalli community health centre in Chamarajanagar taluk.”
The DHO said that, given that the district had just 228 active cases, including 42 patients currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit, the closure of the CCC in Bedarapura and distribution of its resources to other hospitals would be in the best interest. “Since most patients who are asymptomatic are being asked to quarantine themselves at home, the district administration can manage the current caseload with the number of beds avaiable at the other centres,” Dr Ravi said.
In all, as many as 94,355 swab samples have been tested in Chamarajanagar, including those sent from people in Mysuru, Bengaluru and Udupi, of which 5,964 have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The district boasts an impressive recovery with 5,613 patients having recovered from the infection. Of the 228 active cases, 115 are in home quarantine.
Dr Ravi said that the government engineering college would be cleaned and disinfected once the beds were shifted out of the building.