Indian Air Force to establish 100-bed COVID care facility in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to establish a 100-bed COVID care facility at Air Force Station Jalahalli in Bengaluru.
The facility with the first 20 beds will be operational on May 6 with oxygen concentrators only. Once oxygen availability is ensured by the state government, the remaining 80 beds are expected to be operational by May 20.
Of the 100 beds, there will be 10 ICU beds and 40 beds with piped oxygen and the remaining 50 beds will have oxygen concentrators, according to a statement issued by MoD officials in Bengaluru.
