Medical equipment from these centres will be transferred to civic-run peripheral, maternity hospitals and health posts to plug shortages of devices. When Covid-19 pandemic broke out in Mumbai in March, the BMC started CCC facilities in all civic wards to quarantine high-risk contacts and asymptomatic patients. The civic body has therefore gradually started handing over rented lodges, schools, auditoriums, hotels to its owners where these centres were created. “Annually, peripheral hospitals, dispensaries and health posts have their own demand for medical devices. The civic body has spent around Rs 850 crore in the ongoing pandemic including salaries, equipment and construction of CCCs.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 09:04 UTC