First patient discharged from Chhatarpur Covid facility

The patient discharged on Monday was gifted a memento by officials of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which has provided around 1,000 healthcare workers and security staff at the facility.

A 39-year-old man was on Monday the first Covid-19 patient to be discharged from the 10,000-bed covid care centre in south Delhi’s Chhatarpur, government officials said.

Cardboard beds being prepared during the inauguration of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Covid Care Centre by Lt Gov Anil Baijal in Chhatarpur, New Delhi on July 5, 2020. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

The patient discharged on Monday was among the first batch of 21 patients admitted to the facility – named Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre – on July 5.

At present, the centre has 180 patients with mild symptoms, said a senior official in the Delhi government’s revenue department.

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan had inspected the facility on Sunday.

The patient discharged on Monday was gifted a memento by officials of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which has provided around 1,000 healthcare workers and security staff at the facility.

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The facility set up on the premises of the Radhasoami Satsang Beas has a section reserved (with 10% beds) as Covid health centre, which has necessary infrastructure to handle patients with moderate symptoms.

The patient, who was issued a certificate that said he has recovered from Covid, was dropped at his residence, said the revenue department official, adding “More patients are likely to be discharged later this week.”