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Delhi govt writes to Defence Minister seeking Army assistance for setting up hospitals with oxygen, ICU beds ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 14:46 IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra, appearing for the Delhi government, on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia has written to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for the assistance of Army to handle COVID-19.
Senior Advocate Mehra read the Delhi Government letter before the Delhi High Court.
He informed the court that the Delhi government wrote to the Minister for lending services of armed forces to set up and operationalise COVID facilities with about 10,000 oxygenated non-ICU beds and 1000 ICU beds.
High Court directs Centre to respond to Delhi s request for Army help to set up hospitals
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 03:17 PM IST
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Senior advocate Rahul Mehra, representing the Delhi government, has urged the Centre that it would be grateful if armed forces could run medical facilities for COVID-19 patients with 10,000 beds and also requested the armed forces to provide cryogenic tankers for oxygen supply to the national capital.
Delhi govt seeks Army’s help for transportation of medical oxygen
The Delhi High Court Monday directed the Centre to take instructions on the communication by AAP government to the Union Defence Minister requesting help of the Army to set up hospitals here with oxygenated and ICU beds to treat COVID-19 patients as well as supply cryogenic tanker for oxygen. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli was informed by the Delhi go