New Delhi, Aug 22: When Covid-19 turned into a global pandemic, many nations across the world came up with a strategy to set up makeshift hospitals to cater the needs of growing infected patients as the virus challenged the healthcare facilities even of all the developed nations.
Apart from the medical oxygen-crisis, limited healthcare facilities during the second Covid wave was also one of the most apparent reasons for the devastating pandemic in India. As the virus continued to pose challenges to the healthcare facilities across the nation, many makeshift hospitals were constructed on an urgent basis to accommodate the patients suffering from the infection. The Indian Railways stopped all trains and converted many coaches into isolation centres for the patients. However, the daily Covid case trajectory has shown the declining trend now, all makeshift hospitals in the national capital Delhi are operational and will remain in a standby mode to face the severity of a possible third Covid wave.
The health scientists are continuously warning about the possible third wave in India anytime. Recently, the Delhi government announced building seven makeshift hospitals with 7,000 ICU beds in the next six months to prepare for a potential third covid wave. These seven makeshift hospitals will be constructed by the public works department (PWD) in Sarita Vihar, Shalimar Bagh, Sultanpuri, Kirari, Raghubir Nagar, GTB hospital, and Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya. (IANS)
