Spread across four major halls, the Covid facility covers nearly all the entire area of the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre. The DRDO facility will serve as an extension of GMERS Gandhinagar civil hospital, and its medical staff has been deployed at Mahatma Mandir Covid Hospital,” Arya said. An announcement was also made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to the DRDO-Gujarat University Dhanvantari Covid Hospital on April 23. The Mahatma Mandir Covid Hospital claims to have “carried out minimum modification” in the available infrastructure at the convention centre. Ventilators are provided at 225 ICU beds, including 175 from PM Cares Fund,” Dr Kundan Patel, the assistant resident medical officer of Mahatma Mandir Covid Hospital, told The Indian Express.

Source: Indian Express May 26, 2021 22:41 UTC