<p><strong>Srinagar:</strong> To bolster the anti-covid fight, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will establish two 500-bedded COVID hospitals, one each in Jammu and Srinagar. This was announced by Union Home Secretary, Ajay Bhalla, while chairing a high-level meeting today. The upcoming hospitals will be equipped with isolation beds having oxygen support and 125 fully equipped ICU beds.</p> <p>Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir B V R Subrahmanyam, FC Health Atal Dulloo, Union Secretaries of the concerned departments and officers from DRDO, ITBP, and AFMS Institute participated in the meeting.</p> <p>The Chief Secretary informed that the UT has witnessed a consistent surge in patient-load over the past few days and that the existing healthcare facilities were adequately catering to the needs of patients. However, a continuation of this upward trend may lead to a shortage of COVID beds for which request for the temporary DRDO COVID hospitals was made.</p> <p>Assessing the requirement of dedicated COVID infrastructure in the Union territory, the Union Home Secretary asked the Government of Jammu and Kashmir to immediately identify suitable locations for constructing 500-bedded hospitals while asking DRDO to evaluate and submit corresponding proposal estimates through a team of experts.</p> <p>The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has identified two patches of land in Jammu and Srinagar for early start of construction work.</p> <p>In the past, the Defence Research and Development Organization has built 1000 bedded temporary COVID hospitals across the country in approximately 12 days each. The construction of two 500-bedded hospitals in J&K will greatly reinforce medical infrastructure for dedicated COVID care in the Union Territory.</p>
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