Army to run Covid facility for civilians at Patiala hospital

A team of 70, including seven doctors of the army’s Western Command, has landed in Patiala to take over the 100-bed super-specialty wing of the Rajindra Hospital, where it will run the Covid treatment facility

With the Covid-19 patient load rising by the day, the army has stepped in to assist the Patiala district administration in providing medical treatment to infected patients.

The army is already deployed at the Rajindra Hospital to handle the bodies of Covid victims. (Representational photo)

A team of 70, including seven doctors of the army’s Western Command, has landed in Patiala to take over the 100-bed super-specialty wing of the Rajindra Hospital, where it will run a Covid treatment facility.

Army doctors Major Suleman, Major Gaurav, Major Ramneek Kaur and others visited the site and took stock of medical facilities. Ramneek hails from Patiala and has served in many sensitive places, including Kashmir.

It was after the appeal of chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh that the army decided to join the administration in the fight against the virus.

Patiala Development Authority chief administrator Surbhi Malik, who is the coordinator between the army and the hospital authorities, said the forces will run a facility independently at Rajindra Hospital. “This initiative will further boost the Covid treatment facilities at Rajindra Hospital, which is catering to a huge population of the state,” she said.

The army is already deployed at the hospital to handle the bodies of Covid victims.