Fortis puts in place 3-tier COVID19 defense structure, isolation wards set up at 28 hospitals across India
New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare has announced a 360 degree action plan to meet the challenges of treating COVID19 patients with a slew of initiatives. As the entire country comes together to beat this pandemic, Fortis has set up isolation wards in all of its 28 hospitals across the country and a total of 262 isolation beds have been earmarked to treat COVID19 patients. The medical teams at Fortis are already treating 21 COVID19 positive cases along with 87 suspected cases at various hospitals. Two COVID-19 patients are all set to go home after their discharge from Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, today. The current capacity of isolation beds across the network has considerable scope for expansion as per situational requirements.
Speaking on the preparedness of Fortis to treat COVID19 patients, Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, CEO & MD, Fortis Healthcare, said, "Fortis stands ready to support the needs of the country in these challenging times. We hope that the visionary pre-emptive 21 days' lockdown announced by Honourable Prime Minister of India will help to break the chain. At the same time, we are working closely with the central and state governments to ramp up the infrastructure of isolation and critical care beds along with the necessary medical supplies and equipment to meet the challenge. We are continuously monitoring the evolving situation and will do everything possible to expand bed availability should the situation require the same. We are also doing everything possible to keep our doctors, nurses and other staff, safe and protected."
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