900-bed COVID-19 care hospital inaugurated at Khanapara in Guwahati

July 1: With the increasing number of coronavirus in Guwahati, the state health department has now contemplated to come up with more COVID-19 hospitals. On Wednesday, State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated a 900-bed COVID-19 care hospital at Khanapara field, Guwahati, in presence of Minister of State, Pijush Hazarika. In a tweet, the minister wrote, “It has individual rooms with attached bathrooms for patients. It shall strengthen our treatment capacity amid rising number of positive cases.”

Further, stepping up the infrastructure for treatment, the health department have set up another 450-bed COVID-19 care hospital at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati. This shall be functional soon. The site was also inspected by the health minister along with his deputy.