Maharashtra: Chandrapur civic body to start 45-bed Covid hospital

CHANDRAPUR: The Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC) sanctioned the proposal of starting a 45-bed Covid hospital. The decision was taken at the special general body meeting held through video conferencing on Thursday.
Mayor Rakhi Kancharlawar proposed that the hospital will come up at the newly-built shelter home for homeless people. The hospital will cost Rs 2.25 crore and CMC have plans to increase the number of beds in a phased manner.It will be the first Covid hospital of CMC.
CMC has been running vaccination and Covid test centres and providing institutional quarantine facility at its Covid care centre.
Commissioner Rajesh Mohite claimed that the hospital will be equipped with all the facilities. “It will oxygen supply and ventilator beds,” he said.
Mohite claimed that CMC has inspected Barrister Rajabhau Khobragade hall in Babupeth to start yet another Covid hospital. Civic body is also planning to utilize the Rs1 crore fund given by MLA Kishor Jorgewar for building a Covid treatment facility.
The civic chief said that relatives of deceased patients will not be permitted near the body at the time of funeral.