AIIMS to convert Trauma Centre into dedicated COVID-19 hospital
The Trauma Centre currently has 242 beds and 18 more are being added to it.;
NEW DELHI: Joining the fight against the coronavirus, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has decided to convert its sprawling Trauma Centre building into a COVID-19 hospital.
Preparations are underway to convert the facility, which provides treatment mostly to victims of road accidents, into a dedicated COVID-19 hospital, official sources said, adding that initially, it will have around 260 beds.
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The AIIMS administration is likely to make an official announcement in this regard very soon.
"The entire trauma casualty and the emergency is being shifted to the AIIMS' main emergency. Most of the patients have already been shifted to multiple wards at the main AIIMS hospital," a source said.
The Trauma Centre currently has 242 beds and 18 more are being added to it.
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