Nadia administration designates Ruipukur quarantine center as a new SARI hospital with a capacity of 50 beds

This apart, the T B hospital in Kalyani has been designated as SARI-level II hospital with a capacity of 300 beds. Glocal Hospital in Krishnagar will be elevated to level IV COVID Hospital and will treat only corona affected patients with a capacity of 150 beds. SNR Carnival Hospital in Nadia will be escalated to level IV COVID with 120 beds and will keep only affected patients.

Biswabrata Goswami

KRISHNAGAR, 18 JUNE: With the sudden rise in the number of corona affected persons in the district, the Nadia district administration has started operating the Ruipukur Karmatirtha quarantine center as a severe acute respiratory infected (SARI) hospital with a capacity of 50 beds from today.

This apart, the T B hospital in Kalyani has been designated as SARI-level II hospital with a capacity of 300 beds. This newly designated hospital will start functioning soon, a senior district health official said.

According to district health officials, Glocal Hospital in Krishnagar will be elevated to level IV COVID Hospital and will treat only corona affected patients with a capacity of 150 beds. SNR Carnival Hospital in Nadia will be escalated to level IV COVID with 120 beds and will keep only affected patients.

At present, the district has nine isolation centers – Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial hospital, Tehatta sub-divisional hospital, Ranaghat sub-divisional hospital, Chakdah state general hospital, Nabadwip state general hospital, Santipur state general hospital, Ruipukur SARI hospital, Nadia district hospital and Karmotirtha Karimpur-I. All these isolation centers have more than 300 beds in capacity.

Meanwhile, it is for the first time, two doctors and a nurse of Kalyani JNM hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. They have been admitted in the Beleghata ID hospital.

In the last 24 hours, the district has recorded one of the single-day spikes with 16 Covid-19 positive cases. It has surpassed the daily count, which was recorded on 4 June of 15 cases. On 11 June, the district recorded the highest single-day spike with 20 Covid positive cases.

Apart from this figure supplied by the district health department, at least four positive cases from different areas across the district have been reported before this correspondent by the concerned local people.

A considerable number of migrants returned from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab and Gujarat to Nadia turned Covid-19 positive, giving the administration a shock on what to expect as the tide of returning workers continues in the coming days.