Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation

MBMC

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Hospital

Geeta Jain

coronavirus

Untitled Carousel Shops in Mira-Bhayandar to remain open from 9 am to 5 pm, vegetables to be available only between 9 am-12 pm The Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has issued a fresh notification on the opening and closure of shops, including vegetables, in view of the growing number of coronavirus positive cases reported in the area.

The)-runhas been converted into a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in an attempt to expand the testing and treatment facilities.The total number of positive cases in Mira Bhayandar has increased to 22 after five more cases were confirmed on Tuesday evening.Independent MLA, who has donated Rs 30 lakh from the MLA Development Fund to meet the expenses of upgradation of the hospital, told Mirror Online that the Intensive Care facility will soon be started and now over 50 Covid-19 suspects are admitted to the hospital.Apart from the ICU, ventilators and over 100 beds with oxygen support are the other facilities available in the hospital.“The tests and treatments in the hospitals will be free of cost for the patients and optimum utilisation of the available resources will be made to ensure that the patients get proper care,” she added.Further speaking on the new hospital, Jain said people need to understand the difference between a normal hospital and a Covid hospital. “During one of my visits to the hospital, I saw a couple who had come along with their kids to the hospital. I would request people to stay at home and not visit their family, relatives or friends who are kept in isolation in the hospital and gather around unnecessarily,” she said.Last month, a quarantine centre was also been set-up in Bhayandar’s New Golden Nest area for those who have come from a foreign country and wish to self-quarantine themselves.At the district level, apart from Mira Bhayandar, dedicated hospitals forhave also been identified by the government in Thane, Vashi, Nashik and in Kalyan-Dombivli.Meanwhile, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday also announced three different types of COVID-19 facilities that have been set up by the government for patients – CCC (Covid Care Centre for the suspected coronavirus cases), DCHC (Dedicated COVID Health Centre for those who are clinically assigned as moderate suspects) and DCH (Dedicated Covid Hospital for those declared as clinically severe for the infection).