DRDO to label its COVID-19 hospital wards after martyred soldiers!

Delhi, July 04: To honour the Indian Army troops who were martyred in the brutal clash in Galwan Valley last month, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) decided to name different wards of newly-built Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital here after the martyred soldiers.

 

 

"In honour of Indian Army troops who lost their lives in the Galwan Valley Clash on June 15, DRDO has decided to name different wards of new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital, Delhi after them," said Sanjeev Joshi who is the Technology Advisor to DRDO Chairman.

 

The hospital is all set and is expected to be inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday. The centre with 1,000 beds will also have specialised intensive care unit beds and will be fully air-conditioned. Meanwhile, the ICU and Ventilator Ward in the hospital have been named as Col B Santosh Babu Ward.

Meanwhile, Delhi's biggest COVID-19 care centre has been constructed at the premises of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chhatarpur area, located near the Delhi-Haryana border. It has the capacity to house and treat 10,000 coronavirus patients at the same time.

 

According to the latest reports, more than 2,000 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, including doctors, are managing operations at the hospital.

 

The development comes on the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Leh in Ladakh where 20 Indian soldiers sacrificed their lives in a violent face-off in the Galwan valley on June 15-16 after the Chinese troops attempted to unilaterally change the status quo during the de-escalation.