Sardar Patel COVID care centre to start functioning from Monday: ITBP
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 25
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which is the nodal agency, on Sunday announced that all the preparations for opening the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre (SPCCC) at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in South Delhi are complete and the facility would start functioning tomorrow from 10 am onwards.
In an official statement the ITBP said, all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the admission of patients to the Oxygenated 500-bed facility at the SPCCC “will be strictly followed and all laid down protocols will also be adhered to”. Here oxygen would be given via oxygen concentrators and oxygen cylinders, said a senior ITBP official.
“Patients will need to be referred by respective District Surveillance Officer (DSO) of respective Delhi Districts. No walk in admission will be made,” it said.
As per the protocol fixed for the admission, the ITBP said patients would require to first report at the reception. After initial documentation, their physical examination will be done and then they would be admitted to the care centre at their allotted bed. “A kit will be provided to them after their admission,” it added.
All medical treatment, medicines, food and other facilities will be provided free of cost, the ITB P said, adding that services of stress counsellors will also be provided to the admitted patients.
