Bhayandar civic hospital turns into 100-bed isolation centre

To combat the Coronavirus outbreak, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC)-run Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Civic Hospital has been converted into a 100-bed isolation

To combat the Coronavirus outbreak, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC)-run Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Civic Hospital has been converted into a 100-bed isolation facility with immediate effect. Earlier, MBMC had set up a 40-bed ward at the civic hospital, but now it is upgraded to a 100-bed isolation ward to house patients, said Chandrakant Dange, MBMC commissioner, MBMC. Independent MLA Geeta Jain has donated ₹30 lakh from the MLA Development Fund to meet the expenses of upgradation of the hospital into a full-time quarantine centre.

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