Apart from extending their medical services, Mr. Reddy appealed to all the private nursing homes and hospitals to create isolation wards and allocate beds. While the TTD’s ‘Srinivasam’ pilgrims’ complex is likely to become the major isolation centre, the private doctors would be provided personal protective equipment(PPE) kits and N95 masks. The practising and retired doctors, final year medical PG students have been asked to brace up for the task. He directed all the private doctors to attend the training programme on COVID-19 to be conducted on March 30 (Monday). Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women (SPMCW) located on SVIMS super specialty hospital compound in functioning as the State’s COVID-19 hospital with 170 beds.

Source: The Hindu March 29, 2020 18:12 UTC