250-bed Covid facility at gurdwara in 2 days

New Delhi, May 2

After winning hearts with multiple ‘oxygen langars’, the Sikh community in the national capital is readying a 250-bed Covid care facility with oxygen concentrators, doctors, paramedics and ambulances.

The Bhai Lakhi Shah Vanjara Community Hall at historic Gurdwara Rakab Ganj has been converted into a makeshift facility. The Gurdwara is located in central Delhi and stands at the place where Guru Tegh Bahadur was cremated. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, president, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), said: “We aim to open the facility in two days. We have 120 oxygen concentrators for now, some have been donated by the community from abroad. The DSGMC is hiring doctors, nurses and paramedics and has 15 ambulances, some are converted from school buses. “The community has supported the move,” said Sirsa as he got emotional. “A few months ago some people on social media were calling us anti-nationals, please come and see what we are doing for the country,” he said. The DSGMC is aiming to convert, within 10 days, its 100-bed hospital facility at Bala Sahib Gurdwara. — TNS