Health Minister visits Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre & Hospital at Chhattarpur

Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, visited the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre (SPCCC) at Chhattarpur, New Delhi and reviewed the status of COVID-19 management at the Centre.

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Key-Points

A 10,200-bedded “Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre” has been developed at Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) in Chhatarpur, Delhi as part of coordinated efforts of the Centre and Delhi Government to bolster the containment measures.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has built the facility – which was formally inaugurated on July 5 – from scratch in just 12 days.

The healthcare facility follows naturopathy and protocols of Ayurveda for boosting immunity of the in-patients at the Centre. In-house psychological counselling and psychiatry services are being provided by NIMHANS trained counsellors.

All medical treatment at the hospital will be free for patients.

India’s Clinical Protocol has focused on early detection through widespread testing, surveillance, prompt triaging and clinical management of cases.

This has resulted in one of the lowest Case Fatality Rate of 2.66%. Our success can be seen in the Recovery Rate which is almost 63% with more than 5.3 lakh patients recovered.