Chennai: Amid complaints on non-availability of beds and with the Covid-19 cases increasing in an alarming manner in the State, the Tamilnadu government is setting up more treatment centres.
A 500-beds Covid hospital facility has been set up at the King Institute in Guindy, for treating Covid-19 patients, especially geriatric patients with co-morbidities. It has all facilities including ICU and oxygen pipelines.
According to Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar, 300 more beds each were being readied in the Chennai Port Trust old hospital and in the old compound of the historic Egmore Eye hospital.
He said additional beds were being added in the four government medical colleges in Chennai and support of more private hospitals have been sought to make them Covid-19 isolation and treatment centres.
“Chennai alone will be getting 4,900 additional beds and people need not panic,” he said and added that the government has also recruited more doctors and para-medics, besides calling for more volunteers to fight Covid-19.