This story is from May 1, 2021

Bhagalpur Junction guesthouse turned into Covid facility

Eastern Railway (ER) has decided to convert the officers’ guesthouse at Bhagalpur Junction into a 20-bed Covid-19 hospital as its several employees in Malda division have tested positive in the last few days.
Bhagalpur Junction guesthouse turned into Covid facility
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BHAGALPUR: Eastern Railway (ER) has decided to convert the officers’ guesthouse at Bhagalpur Junction into a 20-bed Covid-19 hospital as its several employees in Malda division have tested positive in the last few days.
The 20-bed hospital is being equipped with the facilities for treating Covid positive patients. Three doctors and paramedical staff have been posted there while efforts are on to appoint expert doctors and paramedical staff on contract and depute there some doctors and nurses from divisional railway hospital at Malda as well.
Malda DRM Yatendra Kumar told this newspaper that the need to set up a 20-bed Covid-19 hospital was felt as 174 railway personnel under the division had been tested Covid positive.

“The initiative is also aimed at decentralizing the medicare services to the railway employees for better healthcare services in view of the exigency and by taking pressure off from the divisional railway hospital at Malda. The Covid hospital will be operational till the situation normalises,” Yatendra said.
Referring to the Covid positive employees, the DRM said four of them had been hospitalized, whereas 170 were in home quarantine and recuperating.
There are 108 railway stations, including Bhagalpur, under Malda division. Sources said nearly three dozen railway employees, associated with its different departments at Bhagalpur railway station, are stated to be Covid positive whereas a few are having symptoms of coronavirus.
Meanwhile, a team of officials from Malda railway division are here for conducting walk-in interviews for making contractual appointments of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff for providing healthcare to Covid positive railway employees at the hospital on Bhagalpur station premises.
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