Indian Army sets up 100-bed COVID Care Centre in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 22: The Indian Army has chipped in to fight against the pandemic by setting up a 100-bed Covid Care Centre at Ulsoor here.
The Karnataka State administration took on the responsibility of providing medical staff and equipment and the Army joined in with administrative support for maintaining high standards at the facility and ensuring best possible patient care, the Army said in a statement.
The Covid Care Centre would cater to mild symptomatic and asymptomatic Covid patients referred by BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) after bed allotment.
On Saturday, Major General J V Prasad, General Officer Commanding, Karnataka and Kerala Sub-Area, handed over the facility to the State administration in presence of State Housing Minister V Somanna, BJP MP P C Mohan, Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad, and civic agency Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta.
Today a 100-bed COVID care center for Shivajinagar Assembly residents was set up by the Indian Army on the premises of Kendriya Vidyalaya on St. Johns Road.
— Rizwan Arshad (@ArshadRizwan) May 22, 2021
MEG and Centre will provide 24/7 medical care with the support of @unitedsikhs who will aid the medical infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/XUtbFtoJFz
Inaugurated a dedicated COVID care center for Shivajinagar Assembly at the Kendriya Vidyalaya on St. Johns Road.
— Rizwan Arshad (@ArshadRizwan) May 22, 2021
The event was attended by Housing minister @ShriVSomanna, @PCMohanMP, Major General JV Prasad - General Officer Commanding, Karnataka and Kerala, @BBMPCOMM along with pic.twitter.com/kidLg8dt64
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
