Coronavirus: The government has said it will create an “optimal infrastructure” for treatment.
New Delhi:
Temporary makeshift hospitals will be needed in the “near future”, given the steady increase in the number of coronavirus cases across the country, the Center told the Supreme Court today. The indication that the existing facilities for the coronavirus will not be sufficient comes that the country has recorded more than 2 lakh of cases of coronavirus and has become the seventh of the 10 main countries affected by the disease.
The exponential increase in cases is also in the midst of the world‘s biggest deadlock announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March.
But given the economic crisis triggered by the foreclosure, a slow process of detente had started in April.
Currently, much of the locking restrictions have been lifted, depending on the ground situation in the states. Bus, rail and air transport have also been restarted on a limited basis, although officially the country is in the fifth phase of foreclosure until the end of this month.
Today, invited by the Supreme Court to respond to a public interest litigation, the Center said in an affidavit: “The number of COVID cases” is constantly increasing and at some point in the near future, outside of existing hospitals, a large number of temporary makeshift hospitals will need to be created to accommodate COVID-19 patients requiring admission, medical care and treatment. “
In the affidavit, the Center also stated that it would create “optimal infrastructure” and “adequately address the human resources problem for this envisaged peak capacity scenario”.
The national capital, Delhi, is already expanding its infrastructure for the coronavirus. Today, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, and Minister of Health, Satyendra Jain, have ordered that 20% of beds in 61 hospitals be reserved for patients with coronavirus.
So far, five public hospitals and three private hospitals have been transformed into centers dedicated to coronaviruses. Three other private hospitals were yesterday ordered to be converted to dedicated facilities, said Sisodia.
