Bengaluru, May 9: Following the surge in Covid-19 cases, private school managements have come forward to convert their buildings into Covid care centres.
Among the schools providing the facility are Canadian International School and Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra, which have converted their classrooms and boarding blocks to Covid Care Centres.
Rashtrotthana has provided 400 beds for people needing general care, while the Canadian International is setting up 120 beds with oxygen facilities.
The Canadian International has joined hands with the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO), Bangalore chapter, to set up the 120-bed facility, which would come in handy as the city is scrambling for oxygen facilities to help the mounting Covid cases.
The school authorities said the facility will not cater to patients needing critical care, but those in dire need of oxygen. Their medical partner Cytecare Cancer Hospital will operate the facility end-to-end. The facility will be ready by mid-May.
In the first phase, the school intends to equip around 50 beds in the shortest possible time to meet the existing demand, while in the second phase it plans to scale up the facility to 120 beds.
Shweta Sastri, Managing Director, Canadian International, said people desperately need oxygen. “We know we live in an emergency situation. The entire country is reeling under the impact of the pandemic and we thought we should do something for the community.”(UNI)