Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Army is opening up its hospitals for civilians wherever possible. He also added that citizens can approach their nearest army hospitals.The General informed the PM that the Army is helping with manpower for imported Oxygen tankers and vehicles where specialised skills are required to manage them.On Wednesday, the Indian Army said it converted its Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment (BHDC) into a Covid-19 hospital.
In a tweet, the Indian Army said at the start of the second wave, the Base Hospital catered for 340 Covid-19 beds of which just 250 beds were oxygenated.
It later expanded the capacity to 650 beds of which 450 will be oxygenated by April 30, Friday.On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.