The Centre on Saturday decided to depute 25 doctors and 75 paramedics from the paramilitary forces at an upcoming 900-bed COVID hospital being set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, officials said.
“On the request of the Gujarat government, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to depute 25 doctors and 75 paramedics from the paramilitary forces at the upcoming 900-bed COVID hospital to be set up by the DRDO in Ahmedabad,” a ministry official said.
The 94 fatalities recorded on Friday pushed the death toll due to the viral disease to 5,170 in the state.
The COVID-19 tally of Gujarat climbed to 3,84,688 with the 8,920 fresh cases. PTI