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Delhi COVID surge: DRDO to setup 500-bed facility by next week

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NEW DELHI: The surge in cases of covid-19 in New Delhi and reports of shortage of hospital beds have prompted the Defence Research and Development Organisation to set up a 500 medical facility in the capital.Two hundred and fifty beds will be ready to admit patients by Monday with the rest being added during the week, a spokesman for DRDO said.The DRDO had set up a 1,000 bed facility last year at the start of the pandemic that was later wound up.

The new facility will be manned by armed forces medical personnel, the spokesman said.Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh have been reporting high number of cases daily in a second and more deadly wave.

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