LATUR: A 100-bed Covid-19 facility began functioning in
Latur in
Maharashtra on Saturday amid a rise in cases here, officials said.
The facility, set up in the premises of the Shri Siddheshwar and Ratneshwar Temple, has 60 oxygenated beds, while provision for 20 ventilator beds would be made soon, they added.
The hospital, to be operated by
Latur Municipal Corporation, was inaugurated by Maharashtra minister
Amit Deshmukh, also
Congress MLA from Latur city.