The Army's Western Command has deployed its doctors, nursing officers and paramedics Patients requiring higher grade of treatment will be shifted to other hospitals Chandigarh: To assist state governments in the fight against coronavirus, the Army's Western Command has set up three 100-bed hospitals in Chandigarh, Faridabad and Patiala. These hospitals have been set up under the Indian Army's ‘Operation Namaste’, launched in March this year to insulate the 1.3 million-strong force from coronavirus and extend all possible assistance in containing the pandemic. Lieutenant General R P Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief , Western Command, on Monday announced the operationalisation of the first 100-bedded COVID Hospital at a hostel for international students in Panjab University. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Bandore was present on the occasion.