1000-bed COVID facility to efficiently fight battle against pandemic: DRDO chairperson

New Delhi: To counter the shortage of beds in the national capital and efficiently fight the battle against this deadly disease, the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) readied a 1000-bed COVID facility in Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID Hospital in Delhi Cantonment on July 05. The DRDO-built Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital in Delhi Cantonment is the temporary hospital structure and the hospital will have 1,000 beds including 250 ICU beds. The construction work was entirely carried out by the DRDO and the facility was built in a record time of fewer than 15 days. Speaking to ETV Bharat reporter, Dr Satish Reddy, DRDO chairperson said that it is equipped with every medical device that a COVID patient will need. The wards are named after the Indian soldiers who have laid their lives for the nation during the India-China stand-off that took place on June15-16 at Galwan valley.