Dedicated hospital for COVID-19 at Kasaragod Medical College

By ANI | Published: April 5, 2020 12:39 PM2020-04-05T12:39:27+5:302020-04-05T12:50:02+5:30

The new administrative block of Kasaragod Medical College will soon be converted into a COVID-19 hospital for providing better treatment facilities to the coronavirus patients.

Dedicated hospital for COVID-19 at Kasaragod Medical College | Dedicated hospital for COVID-19 at Kasaragod Medical College

Dedicated hospital for COVID-19 at Kasaragod Medical College

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 5 : The new administrative block of Kasaragod Medical College will soon be converted into a COVID-19 hospital for providing better treatment facilities to the coronavirus patients.

A team constituting 26 doctors and medical staff of the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram will join the efforts of converting the new administrative block into a COVID-19 Hospital in Kasaragod on Sunday.

The group will coordinate the operations of the COVID-19 hospital, train staff and treat patients. The hospital will have 200 beds in the isolation ward and 20 intensive care units. In the first phase, Rs. 7 crores have been allocated for this hospital.

Kasaragod district has the largest number of COVID-19 positive patients.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 3374 in India on Sunday, as per the data provided the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

( With inputs from ANI )

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