Kasturba Hospital will get 220 additional beds
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Dec 27, 2020, 06:00 IST
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to add another two blocks, comprising 220 beds, to the
Kasturba Hospital for treating infectious diseases. The 125-bed hospital located in central Mumbai has ample space for expansion.
When the
Covid-19 pandemic started in Mumbai, initially all confirmed and suspected cases were sent to Kasturba Hospital for testing and treatment. This civicrun hospital had the first laboratory for Covid testing in Mumbai. As patients in the city increased, a jumbo facility was set up in the dome of the National Sports Club of India at Worli. Simultaneously,