ITBP doctors, healthcare workers cheer for discharged COVID-19 patients at Delhi centre

Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, a team of doctors and medical professionals from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) greeted discharged patients from Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre (SPCCC) and Hospital on Thursday, September 24. In a video posted on ir official Twitter handle, ITBP stated that over 4,000 patients had been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment out of 5,624 patients admitted to centre so far.

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ITBP Medical professionals clap for discharged patients

In video, patients can be seen walking out of hospital to applause and clapping from doctors and medical professionals. ITBP is currently operating world's largest COVID care facility which has a capacity of 10,000 beds. 

Indo-Tibetan Border Police has provided SPCCC with 800 medical personnel including specialist doctors, medical officers (doctors), paramedics, pharmacists as well as 600 security personnel which enabled SPCCC to function round clock.

So far, COVID-19 has infected more than 32 million people across globe and current worldwide death toll as per John Hopkins coronavirus resource centre is at over 980,000. India has reported over 5.5 million positive COVID-19 cases and has a death toll of more than 90,000

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ITBP Referral Hospital Treats 1,150

Meanwhile, ITBP referral hospital in Greater ida has mand to treat 1,150 COVID-19 patients belonging to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and ir family members as of September 10. An ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey stated that referral hospital has seen a nearly 100 per cent recovery rate which was much higher than national recovery rate of 78 per cent.

As per reports, out of 1,150 patients that received treatment at ITBP referral hospital 289 were from ITBP, 200 from CISF, 196 from CRPF, 159 from SSB, 91 personnel from BSF, 83 from NSG, 64 from SPG, 19 from IB, 15 from NIA, 10 from NDRF, seven from NTRO, five from Ministry of Home Affairs, three from CBI and one from BPRD.

(With ncy inputs)

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