Mumbai, the country's financial capital, now has a new 2,170-bed Jumbo Covid Hospital. The city, one of the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, readied the new state-of-the-art facility in a little over a month.
The makeshift dedicated Covid hospital in suburban Malad has been built using German technology that is fireproof and environment-friendly in just 35 days.
At the new facility, 70 per cent of the beds will have oxygen supply and a 384-bed isolation room has also been set up.
The facility has been equipped with 42 ICU beds for children and 20 beds in the dialysis unit, besides a 40-bed triage.
Two hundred and forty CCTV cameras have been installed for round the clock monitoring.
The new facility was handed over to the city's civic body BMC by Mumbai's development authority MMRDA on Monday in the presence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
"This afternoon, MMRDA handed over a dedicated COVID Jumbo Hospital at Malad to the BMC in the presence of CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray. This 2,170-bed hospital has facilities like oxygen beds, ICU, Pediatric ICU, dialysis, and other state-of-the-art equipment," the Chief Minister's Office tweeted.
The new facility has been built at a time when there is a growing fear of an impending third wave of the pandemic and rising cases of the Delhi Plus Covid variant across the state and the country.
The state, which has been the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has reported over 60 lakh cases so far with more than 1.21 lakh deaths. It has also logged 8,646 cases of mucormycosis or Black Fungus infections and 828 deaths due to it.
Amid Uddhav Thackeray Bag Check Row, BJP Shares A Devendra Fadnavis Video Uddhav Thackeray's "Names On TV" Dig At Poll Officials After 2 Bag Checks "Routine": Poll Panel Sources On Uddhav Thackeray Bag Check "Officials To Pay From Salary": Top Court Guidelines On 'Bulldozer Justice' Top Roles For Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy In Donald Trump's Cabinet Deadly 'MATGA Movement' Emerges In US After Trump's Win, Here's What It Is Former NBA Player Kyle Singler's Cryptic Instagram Videos Raise Concerns 18th Century Sculpture Bought For Rs 540 Could Sell For Over Rs 2.68 Crore Donald Trump Sets 'Existential' Battle Against China With Cabinet Picks Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.