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Kejriwal writes to Shah seeking doctors, nurses from ITBP, Army

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Home Minister Amit Shah to deploy doctors and nurses from the ITBP and the Indian Army in the 10,000-bed makeshift COVID care facility being prepared at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas in the national capital.

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Published : Jun 23, 2020, 6:43 PM IST

Updated : Jun 23, 2020, 7:53 PM IST

New Delhi:Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding doctors and nurses from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Army to run a 10,000-bed COVID-19 care facility being set up in south Delhi, sources said.

They said the chief minister has also invited Shah to visit the facility being set up on the sprawling campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB).The lush green RSSB campus is located near the Delhi-Haryana border.

The appeal came at a time when Delhi is running short of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers and number of coronavirus cases are increasing with each passing day.

The COVID-19 facility, which will be 1,700 feet long and 700 feet wide, will have 200 enclosures with 50 beds each. This makeshift COVID-19 care facility will be the largest in the city so far. The work is expected to be completed by the end of June.

Last week, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had pegged the expected figure of positive cases of Coronavirus in the national capital at 5.5 Lakh by the end of July, adding that Delhi will need around 80,000 beds to take care of them.

With 2,909 fresh COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, the COVID-19 tally in Delhi crossed the 62,000-mark. As per the Delhi health department, in the last 24 hours, 58 people lost their lives to the deadly contagious disease. On Sunday, Delhi overtook Tamil Nadu to become the state with the second-highest number of confirmed infections.

With inputs from PTI

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