Delhi: Huge 10,000-bed COVID facility to be inaugurated, equals size of 20 football fields

India's largest COVID Care facility at  Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Delhi is all ready to be inaugurated next week. Built over  300-acre sprawling campus of Radha Saomi Satsang Beas in Chhattarpur's Bhati mines, makeshift facility set up in a 1755 sqft x 703 sqft area will house over 10,000 COVID patients.

facility which is roughly size of 20 football fields will be named Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre and Hospital. It is said to be 10 times bigger than 1,000-bed makeshift hospital built in Wuhan by Chinese government in 10 days. 

In response to Government's urgent demand for beds, spiritual organisation earlier this month willingly reached out to Centre to allow its sprawling campus to be converted into a 10,000-bed facility for COVID patients. Catering to alarming need of beds amid soaring Coronavirs numbers in Delhi, massive makeshift hospital is equipped with toilet blocks on both sides of shed and oxygenated beds as well. Radha Soami has also volunteered to provide meals to patients at care centre. 

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This COVID centre is said to have 100 blocks, housing 100 beds in each block. It will be equipped with 500 urinals, 450 bathrooms and 300 wheel-chairs. re will be two buildings for stor, medicine for PPE kits and or belongings. About 50 acres has been slotted for toilets, bathrooms and parking. 

Earlier today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting him to supervise development of COVID Care Centre.  Home Minister is expected to visit facility later this week.

Delhi recorded 2,909 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking tally in city over 62,000-mark, while death toll from disease climbed to 2,233. It is projected that by end of July, Delhi will witness 5 lakh cases of Coronavirus and will require over 80,000 beds to successfully tackle pandemic in city. 

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