Delhi University to open COVID-19 isolation ward in Dwarka
The isolation centre will be open to the general public too. Out of 180 beds, 125 will be oxygen beds, an official said. The Delhi government will be providing three doctors and three nurses for the centre.
The Delhi University has announced that it will soon be starting a COVID-19 isolation center with a capacity of 180 beds in Dwarka. In a related development, the DU's Lakshmibai College is likely to start an isolation center as a tribute to one of their staffers who died due to the infection.
"Over a dozen staffers of the university have lost their lives due to the virus while many others are infected. "the #Covid Isolation Centre @UnivofDelhi...The University of Delhi with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, in association with ISKON Temple, Dwarka supported by Delhi Govt, is starting a COVID Isolation Centre at Hostel Block of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Sector 3, Dwarka, Delhi," the varsity said on its social media handle. The COVID Isolation Centre will have a capacity of 180 beds of which some will have an oxygen support system, it said, adding the centre is expected to start by the weekend.
The isolation centre will be open to the general public too. Out of 180 beds, 125 will be oxygen beds, an official said. The Delhi government will be providing three doctors and three nurses for the centre. At the varsity's Lakshmibai College, the isolation centre will have 40 beds and will take in patients aged less than 70.
"We are ready for COVID care with oxygen beds but without ICU facility. The centre is waiting for oxygen cylinders which are expected to reach us soon. Walk-in Admission for patients with oxygen level 90 and above," said a message from the college principal Pratyush Vatsala.
One of the staffers of the college, Sangita Sharma, died last week due to the virus and Vatsal said that the centre is a tribute to her.
"Sharma was quite a popular teacher among students and was involved in a lot of college activities. She had tested positive when the college had got RT-PCR tests conducted for its staffers. She had mild symptoms and was in home isolation. It was a sudden loss," Vatsala said.
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