NEW DELHI: The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city.
The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The lush green campus is located near the Delhi-Haryana border.
The COVID-19 facility, which will be 1,700 feet long and 700 feet wide, will have 200 enclosures with 50 beds each, said Vikas Sethi, secretary of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Bhatti Mines.
This makeshift hospital will be the largest such facility in the city so far.
The work is expected to be completed by the end of June, he said.
South Delhi District Magistrate BM Mishra said the administration wants to finish the work by the end of June “at any cost”. He said the spiritual organisation operates a large kitchen that can feed one lakh people at a time. (PTI)
