The Uttarakhand health department is planning to set up a 1000-bed COVID Care Centre (CCC) at the Rajiv Gandhi cricket stadium in Dehradun as Kumbh comes nearer. The patients were being kept at this place when the virus spread was at its peak in the state capital.

Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Anoop Dimri said that the COVID-19 Care Centre in Raipur has 200 beds at present. “We built this CCC in July when Covid-19 cases were on a high in the state capital. The centre was in use till December but no one is currently admitted here as we barely have 22 active cases,” said Dr Dimri.

According to the health department officials, the CCC has already been extended to 600 beds and preparations are being made to ensure that it can be converted into a 1000-bed facility when required. The private hospitals have also been asked to save beds for COVID-19 patients ahead of the Kumbh.

Also, Max Hospital has been asked to arrange 160 CCC beds while the Mahant Indresh and Himalyan Jolly Grant hospitals will have around 900 beds saved for COVID-19 patients. Synergy and Kailash hospitals have also been asked to save beds for coronavirus cases in the wake of Kumbh.

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