150-bed hospital for coronavirus patients to function in Jalna, Maharashtra

The hospital will have a 50-bed isolation ward: Rajesh Tope, Health Minister, Maharashtra

A 150-bed hospital for coronavirus patients will start functioning in Jalna from Thursday, Maharashtra Rajesh Tope, Health Minister, Maharashtra said.

The hospital will have a 50-bed isolation ward, he added.

It has been provided with 50 ventilators, 2,000 personal protective equipment (PPEs), two lakh triple layer masks and medicines, the minister added.

Meanwhile, 44 samples of doctors and relatives who came in contact with a 65-year-old coronavirus patient here tested negative for infection, said Nivrutti Gaikwad, Deputy Collector, Jalna.