Thread by @adgpi

In keeping with its ethos of selfless service to the Nation, the #IndianArmy has created a number of #COVID facilities on a war footing in order to provide extensive medical assistance to veterans and their dependents at a number of places.(1/n)

One such facility has been created at Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment #BHDC where the entire hospital has been converted into a Covid hospital. At the start of the current COVID wave, the Base Hospital catered for 340 COVID beds of which just 250 beds were oxygenated.(2/n)

A plan was quickly put in place to expand the capacity to 650 COVID beds of which 450 beds will be oxygenated by 30 April 2021. The Intensive Care Unit #ICU is also being enhanced from 12 beds to 35 ICU beds by 29 April 2021. (3/n)

Next phase of expansion will see the present capacity being augmented to 900 oxygenated beds by the second week of June 2021. For efficient patient management, a new #COVID OPD under a specialist medical team is functioning round the clock. (4/n)

This team clinically examines approximately 500 patients on a daily basis and appropriate medical advice is rendered. In another initiative, a #COVID tele-consultancy & Information Management Cell under a senior officer is functioning 24 x 7 rendering medical advice. (5/n)

On an average, 1200-1300 calls are handled by this cell suggesting that the facility is well subscribed.
#Citizens can make use of the following numbers to avail this facility:-

-011-25683580
-011-25683585
-011-25683581
-37176 (through Army Line) (6/n)

Indian Army will spare no efforts to augment medical capacities to match the expanding requirements caused by the exponential rise in daily cases. (7/n)

In the current crisis, when all available medical resources are being marshalled to the best of our ability, #Veterans are requested to extend full support and encourage military medical professionals who are performing their duties with utmost dedication and sincerity. (8/n)