JAISALMER: Considering the number of Covid-19 patients in
Jaisalmer
, the
Indian Air Force (IAF) has come forward to help the
district administration
. The IAF has started preparing a 75-bed
hospital
at Sagarmal Gopa Government Senior Secondary School here, which will be ready in next one or two days.
District collector Ashish Modi confirming this said that the district administration is in talks with officers of defence forces deployed in Jaisalmer. They have assured the administration of all possible help.
Modi said that BSF has sent a few beds to
Jawahar Hospital
in Jaisalmer. The district administration has marked a building for the BSF personnel to be quarantined when they come back from election duty.
Last year around 500 Indian citizens were airlifted from Iran to Jaisalmer and kept at a military station in Jaisalmer for around three months.
Modi said that considering the increasing cases, a new hospital is being built. He added that if needed, then doctors and nursing staff of forces will also be roped in. Apart from this, many other private hospitals are being acquired for Covid-19 patients. Buildings of different communities, societies too have have been acquired to quarantine people. A 24-hour
Covid
war room has been set up for the public.
Flag march was taken out under collector Ashish Modi and SP Ajay Singh at the main market on Monday where public was asked to strictly follow administration’s orders and not venture out without any valid reason.
Oil India had also provided three tankers of 30MT to the state government for transporting oxygen.
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